Case-subject index
Court reports mentioning Oliver Kierans
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2019-04-12
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Acquitted
Outcome: Acquitted; Kierans was sentenced to nine years imprisonment for his wife's manslaughter, eight years for possession of the shotgun and 12 years for pointing the gun at Garda Fay by Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly on April 20, 2015. Upholding his conviction and sentence today, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said Kierans had picked up the shotgun to show his wife he would kill himself.
2019-04-04
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Acquitted
Outcome: Acquitted; Kierans was sentenced to nine years imprisonment for his wife's manslaughter, eight years for possession of the shotgun and 12 years for pointing the gun at Garda Fay by Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly on April 20, 2015. Kierans moved to appeal his conviction and sentence today in the Court of Appeal, where judgement was reserved.
2015-02-26
Stage: Finding
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty