Court of Appeal increases David O’Sullivan’s sentence to 13-and-a-half years

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The Court of Appeal upheld the State’s appeal against the original sentence for David O’Sullivan’s rapes of two girls he met on Snapchat, finding it unduly lenient. Resentencing him, the court imposed 13-and-a-half years in prison, four-and-a-half years more than his original nine-year term.

The court imposed six-and-a-half years for offences against the first victim and a consecutive nine years for offences against the second; it also imposed a concurrent six-and-a-half years for possessing child abuse material. After applying the totality principle, it reduced the overall term by two years to 13-and-a-half years. The court ordered 15 years of post-release supervision, and O’Sullivan will remain on the sex offenders register for life.