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Man loses appeal against assault sentence

Date
2014-12-09

Stage
Appeal

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Glen Douche, 27, of Termon Abbey, Drogheda, lost an appeal against his assault sentence. He had pleaded guilty to two counts of assault causing harm and one count of endangerment in Darndale, Dublin, on 11 July 2009. Judge Martin Nolan had sentenced him to three years imprisonment in December 2012, to run consecutively after a prior nine‑and‑a‑half‑year term for possession of explosives imposed in 2010, with the final two‑and‑a‑half years suspended. Mr Justice John Edwards dismissed the appeal, noting that the sentencing judge had considered Douche's cooperation, literacy and addiction problems, difficult family history and the loss of two brothers, one killed in Mountjoy Prison. Douche had 109 previous convictions, mainly for road traffic offences, and the court was not inclined to allow the appeal. The case involved a party at a stab victim's home, a confrontation with Mr Anthony Byrne, and Douche's driving of his car at a group of people.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Man loses appeal against assault sentence. Charges or matters: two counts of assault causing harm and one count of endangerment at Darndale in Dublin on July 11 2009. Procedural stage: appeal

When:

July 11 2009 Incident
December 2012 Incident
2014-12-09 Publication

Case subjects

Glen Douche

Appellant

Charges: two counts of assault causing harm and one count of endangerment at Darndale in Dublin on July 11 2009 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He was sentenced to three years imprisonment by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in December 2012. Dismissing his appeal against sentence today, Mr Justice John Edwards said Judge Nolan was obliged to impose a consecutive sentence on Douche to commence after he had finished a jail term for possession of explosives imposed in 2010.