Case-subject index
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2025-12-05
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Dean Boland (37) was jailed for eight years in March 2023 after he was convicted of the unlawful killing of Ohari Viera in August, 2018. Today, Judge Elma Sheahan imposed a six-year sentence on Boland on the count of arson.
2025-10-07
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Jailing Boland in March 2023, Judge Elma Sheahan said she would sentence the 37-year-old on the charge of manslaughter and set a headline term of ten years.; Ms Justice Burns remanded Boland in custody to appear before Judge Sheahan on Friday, October 10 in relation to the two other charges.
2025-05-26
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Photo: Collins) An arsonist jailed for the unlawful killing of a man whose apartment he set ablaze after a break-in has appealed his conviction, arguing that the deceased's decision to re-enter the burning building after getting safe broke the "chain of causation".
2023-03-30
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Credit: Collins) By Sonya McLean & Claire Henry A homeless addict has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the unlawful killing of an Angolan man whose "complicated journey" in life ended after the home he was living in was set on fire. He was intoxicated when he started the fire but remained at the scene, she also noted before imposed the eight-year prison sentence to run from the date of conviction last December.
2023-03-15
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; He is currently serving a prison sentence for attempted robbery and is due for release this July.; She said she needed time to consider the case and adjourned sentencing to March 30.