2016-04-21
Man who faked own abduction to rob uncle's supermarket spared jail despite successful DPP appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was given a two-year suspended sentence and ordered at Galway Circuit Criminal Court to undertake 240 hours community service by Judge Rory McCabe on March 11, 2015. The Director of Public Prosecutions successfully sought a review of O'Rourke's sentence today on grounds that it was "unduly lenient".