2025-12-01
'Vulnerable' mother caught with firearms arsenal 'secreted' under stairs gets four years
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Sarah Jane Byrne had previously suggested that any custodial sentence should be "as short as possible". Byrne was also sentenced to four years and four months imprisonment, with the final 12 months suspended, for possession of the shotgun and submachine gun found in her home.