2015-12-17
Appeal court jails 74-year-old for sexually abusing boy in the 1980s
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; He was found guilty by a jury following an eight day trial and sentenced to four years imprisonment with the final two suspended by Judge Catherine Murphy on July 25 2014. The court heard that arrangements had been put in place to safeguard the tenancy on his home and Mr Justice Mahon, who sat with Mr Justice George Birmingham and Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan, re-sentenced him to 14 months in prison with the final 11 months suspended.