Mark Carlyle loses violent disorder sentence appeal

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Mark Carlyle’s appeal against his five-year sentence, with the final 18 months suspended, for violent disorder was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 10 October 2016.

The offence occurred outside a Harcourt Street nightclub on 23 September 2014, where Carlyle attacked security staff and threw a crowd-control barrier. The court held that the sentencing judge had properly considered his submissions and had not erred in imposing the sentence.