Gary Howard sentenced for violent disorder at Wheatfield Prison

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Gary Howard was sentenced to four years for violent disorder at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 28 March 2017. The sentence ran alongside his two life terms, meaning he served no additional prison time for the attack.

Howard had pleaded guilty after stabbing a fellow inmate with a sharpened stainless steel spoon at Wheatfield Prison. The victim suffered neck wounds and a punctured lung, according to evidence summarised in the report.