2014-12-19
Former secondary school teacher who sexually abused boy loses appeal against sentence
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment with the final four suspended by Judge Michael O'Shea at Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court on April 10 2014. His victim Cormac Walsh spoke of his delight outside the Court of Appeal today following Byrne's failed bid to apply for a review of his sentence.