Sarah Doran gets more time to appeal assault sentence

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Sarah Doran was granted more time to appeal her assault sentence by the Court of Appeal, reported on 1 July 2019. The assault causing serious harm and false imprisonment occurred at Violet Hill, Bray, on 28 December 2015. Doran had pleaded guilty and received an eight-and-a-half-year sentence, with the final three-and-a-half years suspended, on 20 July 2018. The court allowed the extension despite the appeal being lodged five months outside the usual 28-day period. Her lawyers are expected to argue that the suspended portion was insufficient recognition of mitigating factors.