2025-07-17
Sentences increased for trio in 'targeted and pre-meditated' arson attack
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Ryle was sentenced to five and a half years' imprisonment with the final two years suspended while Lyons was also handed a sentence of five and a half years with the final two years suspended for a period of two years and three months. In the case of Ryle, the headline sentence set was nine and a half years, reduced to seven years with the final year suspended.