Douglas Ward sentenced for manslaughter after appeal

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Douglas Ward had his manslaughter sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal, reported on 19 January 2015. He had pleaded guilty after Niall Dorr died following an assault on Castle Street, Dundalk, on 13 October 2010.

Ward had received 16 years in prison, with the final three years suspended, from the Central Criminal Court on 21 December 2012. The Court of Appeal set that sentence aside and imposed 13 years, with three years suspended, after finding the original sentence excessive.