Paul Rice’s manslaughter sentence found not unduly lenient

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Paul Rice’s seven-year sentence, with the final two years suspended, for manslaughter was found not unduly lenient by the Court of Appeal, reported on 20 November 2014.

Rice had pleaded guilty after killing his former best friend, Keith Mills, in Ayrfield, Dublin, on 22 December 2008. The original sentence was imposed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 9 July 2012.

The court refused the Director of Public Prosecutions’ appeal, finding that the sentence remained within the available range despite the possibility that a more severe sentence could have been imposed.