2017-07-17
No jail for man who swung meat cleaver and threatened to kill garda
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Today Judge Karen O'Connor sentenced Sweeney to two-and-a-half years imprisonment for producing the meat cleaver and 18 months for threatening to kill the garda. Judge O'Connor suspended the entirety of both sentences, which were to run concurrently with each other.