Gerard O'Riordan spared jail for threats to kill gardaí

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Gerard O'Riordan was spared a return to jail at the Central Criminal Court on 27 May 2022 after breaching the suspended part of his manslaughter sentence by threatening to kill gardaí.

He and another man were cleared of murdering James Brazier, who died on April 15th, 2007, but were found guilty of manslaughter and each received 14 years. Mr Justice Barry White suspended the final 18 months of O'Riordan's sentence.

The threats conviction resulted in a suspended sentence, while he was fined for a trespass and public order offence. Detective Sergeant Ernest Henderson said O'Riordan had avoided adverse garda attention during the monitored year, after which Mr Justice Paul McDermott said no further issue arose.

The proceedings were reported on 27 May 2022.