2019-06-24
Man who claimed partner stabbed herself in the face has sentence increased
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; He was found guilty by a jury at Waterford Circuit Criminal Court and sentenced to six years imprisonment with the final two suspended by Judge Barry O'Kelly on March 9, 2018. Mr Justice Edwards, who sat with President of the Court of Appeal Mr Justice George Birmingham, and Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy, re-sentenced Coughlan to six-and-a-half years imprisonment with the final six months suspended.