2017-11-02
Armed robber who stole €1.1m in jewellery has sentence cut on appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Paulauskas lost an appeal against his conviction today but successfully appealed his sentence, with the three-judge Court of Appeal holding that a distinction should be made because the robbery involved imitation firearms rather than actual loaded guns. He had a significant previous criminal record including an eight-year prison sentence imposed for grievous bodily harm.