Noel Holland appeal reserved in violent sexual assault case

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Noel Holland’s appeal against his eight-year sentence for violent sexual assault was reserved by the Court of Criminal Appeal, reported on 15 July 2013. He had pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an 18-year-old at his home in Templemore.

Holland was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to eight years, with the final three years suspended, and was made subject to five years’ post-release supervision. The appeal concerned how imprisonment and post-release supervision should be calculated where part of a sentence is suspended.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.