Jamie Coughlan jailed for serious harm after appeal

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Jamie Coughlan was sentenced to six and a half years, with the final six months suspended, for causing serious harm at the Court of Appeal on 24 June 2019.

The court heard that Coughlan was convicted by a jury after his former partner suffered serious injuries in a knife attack on 1 July 2017.

The Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the original six-year sentence, of which two years had been suspended, as unduly lenient.

The Court of Appeal quashed that sentence and imposed a six-and-a-half-year term, suspending the final six months on the existing conditions.