2024-10-14
'Surprising candidates' avoid jail over 'bizarre' purported CIRA attack
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He sentenced Smith to a period of two years and nine months imprisonment and suspended this for a period of three years.
Case-subject index
Court reports mentioning Desmond Smith
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2024-07-17
Claimed Continuity IRA attack on PSNI station went unnoticed, court hears
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Desmond Smith and Stephen Hamill have appealed to the three-judge court for a non-custodial sentence, having pledged to have nothing to do with paramilitary organisations in the future. Counsel for both men said their clients, who were apologetic, were at the "lower level of the organisation" and asked the court to consider a non-custodial sentence.; Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, adjourned the matter to October 14 for sentencing.
2024-04-10
Pair admit to assisting the IRA
Stage: Charge Or Pretrial
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Ms Justice Caroline Biggs, presiding at the three-judge court, adjourned sentencing until May 15.