2022-04-05
Instigator of violence at Cameron Blair murder scene has jail term increased
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Scott O'Connor (20) – whom the DPP described as the instigator of events outside the party – was sentenced to five years imprisonment with three years suspended after he had pleaded guilty in January last year at the Central Criminal Court to committing violent disorder at Bandon Road in Cork city on January 16, 2020. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) later appealed the sentence imposed by Mr Justice David Keane on the grounds that the three-year suspended portion was "unduly lenient".