Pair have 20-year sentences for aggravated burglary reduced on appeal

Two Dublin men have had their sentences reduced on appeal following convictions for aggravated burglary at a rural Tipperary home in November 2013. Patrick Gately and Dean Byrne, both convicted alongside five others for the offence at the Corcoran residence near Killenaule, each received 20-year sentences in October 2015 at Clonmel Circuit Criminal Court. The Court of Appeal reduced both sentences to 18 years, with…