2019-07-19
Crack user's sentence for causing injury to garda is upheld
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She was sentenced to four-and-a-half years imprisonment by Judge Martin Nolan on July 19, 2018, which was upheld by the Court of Appeal today. Joyce had only recently received a suspended sentence, she committed the series of offences while on bail and there was no evidence of any concrete steps being taken towards rehabilitation.