2017-05-05
5-year sentence for criminal's 50th burglary not too severe, court finds
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five years imprisonment by Judge Pat McCartan on July 21, 2016. Mr Justice Birmingham, who sat with Mr Justice Alan Mahon and Mr Justice John Hedigan, said the Court of Appeal could not see how the sentence imposed could be suggested to be unduly severe.