Michael Lynch loses appeal over false imprisonment sentence

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Michael Lynch had his eight-year sentence for false imprisonment upheld by the Court of Appeal, reported on 19 July 2018; the original 10-year term included two years suspended.

The offence involved a woman he had been seeing for three weeks at his rented home in Cork. The court heard that Lynch refused her requests to leave and that she escaped through a back window when his landlord arrived.

The appeal court dismissed his challenge after finding the sentence was within the available range, given his history of violence, particularly towards women and former girlfriends.