Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Scott O'Connor

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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".

2022-03-08

Two-year term for brandishing knife at Cameron Blair murder scene too lenient, State argues

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Photo: Collins) The two-year sentence imposed on a teenager who brandished a knife outside a house party in Cork city where 20-year-old college student Cameron Blair was stabbed to death was unduly lenient, the Court of Appeal was told today. He was jailed for two years after Mr Justice David Keane imposed a five-year term with the final three years suspended.