Oliver Moore receives four-year suspended sentence for attempted arson

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Oliver Moore received a four-year suspended sentence for attempted arson at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 30 January 2024, with Judge Martin Nolan imposing conditions. The offence occurred on 18 November 2022. Moore pleaded guilty. The proceedings were reported on 30 January 2024.

The report said Moore tried to push burning paper through a house letterbox, unaware the previous resident had moved and that three students lived there. Gardaí found him at the door. Defence counsel Simon Matthews BL described it as a moment of madness, said Moore was remorseful and apologetic, and noted there had been no further incidents. The sentence was described as Moore’s first and last chance.