2025-11-03
22-year-old jailed for violent robbery of off-duty garda
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Garda Monaghan previously told Ward's sentence hearing that his actions included 11 or 12 punches to the victim's head, but that his co-accused had delivered the kicks in his presence. Taking into account a recent diagnosis of schizophrenic spectrum disorder, the judge handed down a four- year sentence and suspended the final year on a number of conditions, including that Ward remain under psychiatric care.