2013-10-02
Recidivist burglar who assaulted and threatened to kill 97-year-old woman has sentenced increased
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: In December 2011 McDonagh was sentenced to nine years with three years suspended by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to making threats to kill, assault of the woman causing harm and burglary of her home in Marino, Dublin on June 8 th , 2010. He said that in circumstances where the maximum sentence that could have been imposed was one of 14 years, the imposition of a sentence of nine years with three years suspended amounted to an error in principle.