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# Scott O'Connor

Last year

2022

Sentence increased for man who brandished knife outside party where Cameron Blair was murdered

The DPP had appealed the sentence imposed on Scott O’Connor on the grounds that the three-year suspended portion was “unduly lenient”.

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Apr 5th 2022, 1:35 PM

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Jail for teenager who brandished knife outside house party where Cameron Blair was murdered

Justice Keane said that the circumstances of the violent disorder could not be dealt with “in a vacuum”.

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Jul 12th 2021, 5:40 PM