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Prisoner fails in bid to have refusal for enhanced remission quashed
Summary
In a High Court hearing on 4 March 2015, the court dismissed the appeal of Darren Doody, 45, who had challenged the Minister for Justice's refusal to grant him enhanced remission of the four‑year sentence he is serving for a robbery. Doody, who was convicted in 2012 for a robbery in which a woman was tied up and her home ransacked, had applied for a one‑third remission instead of the usual one‑quarter, arguing that the seriousness of the offence should not bar additional remission. The Minister had refused the application, citing a confidential Garda report that suggested a potential threat to public safety and that Doody was unlikely to re‑offend. The court found that the Minister had provided reasons for the refusal and that the decision was not arbitrary or unjust, and therefore dismissed the appeal.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Prisoner fails in bid to have refusal for enhanced remission quashed. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- October 29, 2006 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2015-03-04 Publication
Why: Reasons were given by the Minister for the refusal and it was also explained why she declined to divulge confidential information in the report underlying her conclusion that there is a threat to the safety and security of members of the public. CNI source report
Case subjects
Applicant
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; The action was brought by Darren Doody (45) who in 2012 was jailed for his part in a robbery where a gang of four masked men tied up a woman with a phone charger cable before ransacking her home for money. In High Court proceedings against the Minister for Justice the Irish Prison Service and the Governor of Wheatfield Prison, Doody challenged the Minister's refusal for one third remission of his sentence.
Places mentioned
- Aodhan O'Faolain The High Court
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- In High Court
- Oriel Street
- Dublin
- Rochford Park
- Wheatfield Prison
- Irish Prison
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