Dean Byrne sentenced for aiding violent disorder in prison

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Dean Byrne received a six-month consecutive sentence for aiding and abetting violent disorder at Cloverhill Prison. The proceedings were reported on 19 December 2017.

The report said Byrne, 25, remained on the prison roof for hours with another inmate, Eric Harcourt. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that both men refused attempts by the prison negotiator and their grandmothers to persuade them to come down.

Judge Martin Nolan sentenced Harcourt during the proceedings. The report said Byrne, of Belcamp Crescent, Priorswood, also received a consecutive sentence.