2016-02-18
Indian national loses appeal against sentence for sexual assault at flat-viewing
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to four years imprisonment with the final 12 months suspended by Judge Sean Ó Donnabháin on February 20, 2015. Soman lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence today, with the Court of Appeal holding that prison was unlikely to be more difficult for him in circumstances where he was well settled in Ireland and had some command of the English language.