2015-01-23
Appeal court increases sentence of man caught with loaded silenced handgun after ramming garda car
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to six years imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended by Judge Mary Ellen Ring at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on June 21, 2013. Consequently, Mr Justice Birmingham, who sat with Mr Justice Peter Kelly and Mr Justice John Edwards, imposed a new sentence of seven years imprisonment in lieu of the original term.