Evan Stubbins loses appeal over ATM explosives sentence

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Evan Stubbins lost his appeal against a five-year sentence for possessing explosives at the Court of Appeal, reported on 28 June 2021. He had pleaded guilty after attempting to blow up an ATM at a filling station in Carrigaline, County Cork, on 2 August 2020.

The court said the seven-year headline sentence was appropriate, although the five-year term was at the high end of the permitted range. It found no error in principle and said the unsophisticated nature of the offence increased the risk to Stubbins and others.