Gordon O'Rourke keeps suspended sentence after theft appeal

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Gordon O'Rourke retained a two-year fully suspended sentence for giving false information, plus community service for theft, at the Court of Appeal on 21 April 2016.

The offences followed the theft of €44,578 from a supermarket in Inverin, County Galway, and a false abduction report.

O'Rourke had pleaded guilty before Galway Circuit Criminal Court on 11 November 2014 to theft and giving false information.

The Court of Appeal added €10,000 compensation for the injured party and Probation Service supervision during the suspended sentence.