2015-12-08
GAA player jailed for punching opponent during football match is free to leave prison after successful appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to two years imprisonment with the final 12 months suspended by Judge Rory McCabe on October 16, 2015. He ought to have sentenced Prendergast on the basis of the referee's report being the proper context of the assault in this case, Mr Justice Sheehan said.