2026-06-15
Eight-year term upheld for violent criminal with 146 previous convictions who tried to murder man in bottle attack
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: At the Court of Appeal today, counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Marjorie Farrelly SC, said that the sentence imposed was unduly lenient. Ms Justice Kennedy said the court was not persuaded that the sentence imposed was a gross departure from the norm.