Eddie Farnan’s suspended sentence for assault causing harm upheld

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Eddie Farnan’s 33-month wholly suspended sentence for assault causing harm was upheld by the Court of Appeal on 28 September 2020.

The sentence had been imposed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 18 October 2019 for threatening to kill or cause serious harm, assault causing harm and criminal damage.

Farnan pleaded guilty to threatening to kill or cause serious harm on 1 April 2019, with further guilty pleas entered on 18 July 2019.

The prosecution appealed, arguing that the sentence was unduly lenient, but the Court of Appeal refused the application.

The source also records charges of producing an article capable of inflicting serious injury and contravening a safety order, both discontinued by nolle prosequi.

The resisting-or-obstructing charge was taken into consideration at sentencing.