2026-03-03
Serial car thief with 'clear disdain' for others gets nine years
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Baxter handed down a sentence of 10 years, which she backdated to May 2025 when McGuinness went into custody. She suspended the final year on a number of conditions to allow for "genuine rehabilitation" and she disqualified him from driving for 10 years.