2014-11-12
Serial burglar with "enormous list of previous convictions" has prison sentence reduced by Court of Appeal
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; He was sentenced to five years imprisonment with the final year suspended for burglary and three years for threatening to kill by Judge Patrick McCartan. Mr Justice Seán Ryan said the Appeal consisted of a very simple issue which was whether the trial judge erred in principle by sentencing Maughan to five years imprisonment with the final year suspended for the offence of burglary.