2024-03-25
Violent teen 'crossed the Rubicon' by stabbing robbery victims
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He previously told defence counsel Giollaíosa Ó Lideadha SC that the court could impose an immediate four-year period of detention or adjourn the case until after Wade's 18th birthday, when a five-year sentence with two and half years suspended would be handed down. Finalising sentence today, Judge Nolan sentenced Wade to five years' imprisonment but suspended the final two-and-a-half years on the basis of the mitigation offered and on the basis of Wade's age.; After taking instructions from his client, Mr Ó Lideadha told the court his client wanted to be sentenced as an adult and Judge Nolan adjourned the case to today.