Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Walter Morrissey

This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.

2018-07-03

"New depths of depravity": convicted killer loses appeal over violent sex assault

Stage: Appeal

Finding: Found guilty

Outcome: Found guilty; That degree of force, impossible." Sentencing him to 13 years imprisonment in 2013, Mr Justice George Birmingham described Morrissey as a cunning, devious, and manipulative man who represents a significant threat to the public. Counsel for Morrissey, Seán Gillane SC, had submitted that few rape cases would attract a 13 year sentence and was typically higher than a sentence for attempted murder.

2018-05-15

"This is a 100 per cent insult": convicted killer after court upholds 13-year sentence for life-threatening sex attack

Stage: Appeal

Finding: Found guilty

Outcome: Found guilty; He added: "It should not be open to an accused, who senses that a trial may be going against him, to seek to up-scuttle the proceedings and secure a retrial before a new jury by discharging his legal team." As he was led away to continue his 13-year sentence, Morrissey called to the judges and said, "this is a 100 per cent insult" and "heap of crooks.