Case-subject index
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2017-03-23
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Ms Cummins was found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court and was given the mandatory life sentence by Mr Justice Tony Hunt on November 20, 2015.
2015-11-20
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Mr Justice Hunt says it was a "remarkable application" in the circumstances and Mr Cummins will be "pushing a rock up a hill but we will see where it goes." The court then proceeded with the sentence of Sabrina Cummins and she was handed a life sentence for the murder of Thomas Horan, which was backdated to January 8 2014. Detective Inspector Sean Campbell also agreed with the barrister that this was "completely without foundation." Upon handing down sentence, the judge said it was "slander of the vilest kind and entirely false." Mr Justice Hunt also said Sabrina Cummins had a difficult childhood but certainly not one that explained her callous and brutal treatment of Mr Horan. "If she was a friend or cared she would have called gardai or told the truth.
2015-11-17
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Both Sabrina Cummins and her brother Kenneth Cummins (28) will be sentenced on Friday when a victim impact statement will be read.
2015-11-11
Stage: Trial
Plea: Not guilty