Simon Gentles sentenced to 10 years for aggravated burglary

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Simon Gentles was sentenced to ten years, with the final four suspended, by the Court of Appeal, reported on 16 December 2014. The aggravated burglary occurred at a home in Sixmilebridge on 7 January 2010. Gentles had pleaded guilty after forcing his way into the rural home while armed with a sawn-off shotgun. The Court of Appeal increased his earlier four-year sentence following an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions. The report said a teenage boy was threatened with the loaded weapon and that Gentles threatened his mother during the burglary.