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# Sentenced

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# Liverpool
Woman in prosthetic penis case jailed for eight years
Gayle Newland denied strapping bandages to her chest and wearing a woollen hat to disguise herself.
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Nov 12th 2015, 10:57 PM
# Courts
Man jailed for pointing replica gun at garda's head to "terrify" him
The man threatened to shoot the officer.
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Jul 1st 2015, 4:01 PM
# Dustin Diamond
Saved By The Bell's 'Screech' sentenced to 4 months in jail over a pub stabbing
He is charged with carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct.
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Jun 25th 2015, 5:40 PM
# Scam
Three Irish men have been jailed for running a rooftop repair scam on the elderly
The men were sentenced to between 8 and 13 months in jail in the southwestern city of Perth, Australia.
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Jun 13th 2015, 2:21 PM
# Courts
Murdered man who chose to live rough in Phoenix Park was suffering from an untreated illness
A 29-year-old homeless man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Gerard Donnelly.
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May 20th 2015, 7:15 PM
# Courts
Pensioner jailed for two years for sexually abusing his sister-in-law
The judge said that it was the maximum term she was able to impose.
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May 9th 2015, 7:00 AM
# pothead princess
Woman who tweeted '2 drunk 2 care' before killing two friends in car crash gets 24 years
Kayla Mendoza drove the wrong way down a motorway at 154 km/h.
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May 5th 2015, 10:28 AM
# Schettino
Costa Concordia captain sentenced to 16 years for manslaughter
Prosecutors had branded him a ‘reckless idiot’.
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Feb 11th 2015, 7:52 PM
# London
Man who attacked women for gold had pics on his phone linking him to the crimes
He would sit on public transport assessing his target and what jewellery they were wearing and attack them a short time after.
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Dec 17th 2014, 7:20 PM
# Jailed
Captain of Korean ferry that killed over 300 escapes death penalty but sentenced to 36 years in prison
A three-judge panel said prosecutors failed to prove Lee Jun-Seok had acted intentionally.
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Nov 11th 2014, 7:33 AM
# Behind Bars
Carlos the Jackal to face new murder trial over 1974 grenade attack
The 64-year-old Venezuelan was once one of the world’s most-wanted militants.
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Oct 7th 2014, 2:45 PM
# Court
Man who set dog on fire to be sentenced today
The dog had to be put down after vets concluded he would not fully recover.
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Oct 7th 2014, 9:04 AM
# Voyeurism
Man jailed for eight months for spying on woman with police camera
The PSNI said it is carrying out an internal review into the use of CCTV by staff and officers to try to ensure this never happens again.
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Sep 26th 2014, 8:39 PM
# 9/11
Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law sentenced to life in prison
Abu Ghaith was the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to face trial on US soil since the attacks.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 4:12 PM
# Sentenced
North Korea sentences American man to six years of hard labour
Matthew Miller was arrested in April after he allegedly ripped up his visa and demanded asylum in North Korea.
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Sep 14th 2014, 11:14 AM
# Limerick
Calls for sentencing guidelines after two-year sentence for GAA figure guilty of sexual assault
The man was found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenagers.
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Jul 11th 2014, 2:06 PM
# Guilty
Max Clifford sentenced to 8 years in prison
Clifford was found guilty of eight charges of indecent assault.
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May 2nd 2014, 2:28 PM
# Diane ward
Sentencing deferred in case of Cork mother who smothered son
Diane Ward attempted to take her own life the night she smothered her 8-year-old son Anthony with a pillow.
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Apr 7th 2014, 2:31 PM
# Sentenced
Sentencing delayed in case of Cork mother who killed son
Justice Paul Carney allowed the delay of two weeks.
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Mar 24th 2014, 1:02 PM
# Manslaughter
Woman who shot dead Irish boyfriend jailed for one year
Wendy Hanks shot Darren William Haverty in Florida last August.
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Mar 6th 2014, 3:10 PM
# Crime
Man given two life sentences for rape of two children in Athlone
The families of the two children cried as the verdicts were handed down, and the fathers of the victims hugged each other outside the courtroom.
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Mar 3rd 2014, 4:10 PM
# Guilty
Thomas Byrne sentenced to 12 years in jail for fraud and theft
The former solicitor was found guilty of 50 charges in the State’s largest-ever fraud trial last month.
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Dec 2nd 2013, 11:25 PM
# Liam Adams
Liam Adams ‘laughs with prison guards’ as he is sentenced to 16 years in prison
The brother of the Sinn Féin leader was also given two years on probation upon his release.
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Nov 27th 2013, 10:47 PM
# Espionage
Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison
The 25-year-old soldier was also dishonourably discharged from the US Army.
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Aug 21st 2013, 3:26 PM
# Dubai
Dubai pardons alleged rape victim who was sentenced to 16 months in prison
The Norwegian woman was convicted of having sex outside marriage after she reported an alleged rape by a co-worker.
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Jul 22nd 2013, 6:57 PM
# Murder
Accused in Tia Sharp murder sentenced to 38 years in prison
Stuart Hazell unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty yesterday, admitting to killing the 12-year-old before stuffing her body in an attic.
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May 14th 2013, 11:44 AM
# fire deaths
Father facing lifelong 'hatred' in UK over child fire deaths
Mick Philpott and his wife Mairead will be sentenced tomorrow.
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Apr 3rd 2013, 7:11 PM
# heather perrin
Alan Shatter: I spoke to the Attorney General about impeaching Heather Perrin
Former District Court judge Heather Perrin was sentenced to two and a half years in jail today after being found guilty of deception. She has resigned – but the Justice Minister had planned to impeach her if she hadn’t.
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Nov 28th 2012, 1:49 PM
# Ohio
Teen sentenced to life over Craigslist plot
Brogan Rafferty, 17, was involved in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work to their death.
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Nov 10th 2012, 12:30 PM
# Sentenced
Irish man gets 8 years from New Jersey court for child porn images
Farrell Corrway was caught with 600 images when trying to leave the United States.
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Sep 27th 2012, 12:27 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Aug 17th 2012, 4:53 PM
# Cigarettes
Woman, 69, sentenced to four months over cigarette seizure
The cigarettes has an estimated retail value of €5,399, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €4,575, officials say.
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May 2nd 2012, 10:07 PM
# Guilty
Holiday home fraudster Kevin O'Kane sentenced to 4-and-a-half years
O’Kane had swindled money from investors for properties in Turkey which he did not own.
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Feb 10th 2012, 3:01 PM
# Court
Man who caused death by dangerous driving gets suspended sentence
The children of the dead man, who was the accused’s uncle, said they did not want to see their cousin go to jail.
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