Court of Appeal suspends more of Gregory Shannon’s sentence

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The Court of Appeal set aside Gregory Shannon’s sentence for reckless endangerment and imposed a new term of three-and-a-half years’ imprisonment, with the final two years suspended. Shannon was also ordered to enter a €500 bond to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for two years.

The court said the sentencing judge had not given sufficient weight to Shannon’s guilty plea, work record and community activity, and had wrongly ruled out community service. The original offence arose after an apparent falling out: Shannon drove at a man in a car park, knocking him down and causing pain to his back, leg and arms. The court noted that he suffered no broken bones.