Court of Appeal cuts brothers’ sentences and suspends final 18 months

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The Court of Appeal quashed the original sentences imposed on Colin Murphy and Glen Murphy and resentenced both. Each received a total sentence of nine and a half years, with the final 18 months suspended for 18 months subject to conditions.

The court held that consecutive sentences for each offence were not an appropriate way to reach a proportionate sentence, given the connections between periods of offending. It retained the maximum five-year sentence for each brother’s assault causing harm conviction; Colin Murphy’s sentence runs concurrently with his arson sentence.