2020-06-29
Stables burglar caught red handed as owner was on couch minding mare in foal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Tom Teehan sentenced him at Clonmel Circuit Court last year. Justice Patrick McCarthy, sitting with Court President George Birmingham and Justice Isobel Kennedy, refused Kirwan's application. "We think he took into account all relevant aggravating and mitigating factors," he said. "The reduction was generous as the appellant was caught red-handed," he added, referring to the suspended portion of the sentence.