2021-11-22
Boxer who rained down blows on Kevin Lunney with 'lethal weapons' fails in appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: James Bernard McGovern (24), who was jailed for three years and three months for attacking Mr Lunney and his Quinn Industrial Holdings colleague Dara O'Reilly, was dismissed. Counsel for McGovern submitted the sentence imposed by Judge John Aylmer had been too severe.