Case-subject index
Court reports mentioning Brian O'Grady
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2018-07-19
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: O'Grady's father broke down in tears when Judge Martin Nolan said he would take the "unusual step" of departing from the mandatory minimum 10-year jail term and hand down a wholly suspended five-year sentence. O'Grady, who has moved to Britain and is making a new life for himself there working in construction, was re-sentenced to five years imprisonment with the final two-and-a-half years suspended.
2018-07-12
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: O'Grady's father broke down in tears when Judge Martin Nolan said he would take the "unusual step" of departing from the mandatory minimum 10-year jail term and hand down a wholly suspended five-year sentence. That was misguided." The Director of Public Prosecutions are seeking a review of O'Grady's wholly suspended five year sentence on grounds that it was "unduly lenient".
2017-03-22
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Brian O'Grady's father broke down in tears in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court when Judge Martin Nolan said he would take the "unusual step" of departing from the mandatory minimum 10-year jail term and instead handed down a suspended five-year sentence. Handing down a suspended sentence, Judge Nolan said: "It's an unusual step and I'm unlikely to repeat it in the future".