Two Dublin cases dropped over robbery and false imprisonment

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Two cases involving robbery and false imprisonment were dropped at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 20 April 2016 after suspended sentences could not be activated.

The State sought no order after the High Court ruled on 19 April 2016 that parts of the law governing suspended sentences were unconstitutional.

Karl O’Brien’s case concerned a suspended sentence linked to the robbery of a UCD student on Dame Street, while Sonia Eglington’s involved a sentence for falsely imprisoning a recruitment agency owner in Dublin.

O’Brien was released because his suspended sentence could not be reactivated; Eglington remained in custody on other matters.