2019-05-14
Dale Creighton killer has sentence cut on appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: David Burke and four others pleaded guilty to manslaughter and the five killers were sentenced to 10 years, with suspended periods, depending on their culpability and circumstances. Mr Justice Birmingham, who sat with Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy, re-sentenced David Burke to ten years imprisonment with the final three years and three months suspended, leaving him with a net jail term of six years and nine months.