Case-subject index
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2024-02-02
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At the Court of Appeal today, Mr Justice George Birmingham said the court would reduce Doyle's sentence by one year. In re-sentencing Doyle, Mr Justice Birmingham said the court felt that two-and-a-half years was an appropriate sentence and that a driving ban of six years was to remain in place.
2024-01-19
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: In passing sentence, Judge Martin Nolan said Ms Doyle suffered spinal and leg fractures and spent a "considerable time" in hospital recuperating afterwards and was "just coming to terms with her physical, mental and emotional" trauma. He further submitted that the sentence should have had a suspended element to encourage rehabilitation.
2023-03-28
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Nolan took into account Doyle's co-operation with the investigation, his remorse and good work history before he jailed him for three and a half years. "He should have known better.