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Seven accusers write to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing judge
Four women testified at Maxwell’s month-long trial.
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Four women testified at Maxwell’s month-long trial.
Dizzee Rascal appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court this morning to be sentenced for assault.
Professor Kathleen Lynch says our prison system has too long been used to incarcerate those who have additional needs.
Three men were found guilty of kidnapping and assaulting him earlier this month. Sentencing is due on 20 December.
CEO of Women’s Aid Sarah Benson says the judiciary and other legal professionals need more training on how best to handle domestic violence cases.
Stephen Keane was found guilty in May 2021 for the murder of 60-year-old John Lowe.
Brady was found guilty by a jury in August.
Dmitry Hrynkevich (24) died after suffering multiple injuries to his head, face and neck in 2015.
Patrick O’Connor was just 24-years-old when he died.
White-collar crimes and child offenders were given particular consideration in a new report from the Law Reform Commission.
Jonty Bravery (18) has admitted trying to kill the child on the viewing platform of the gallery in August last year.
The incident occurred during a row at the family home in Co Offaly in 2017.
Judge Elma Sheahan described the parents’ actions as “the most egregious breaches of trust by those who are presumed to protect their infant child”.
The couple were found guilty following a trial last November.
Female genital mutilation carries a maximum sentence of up to 14 years in prison.
Kerry farmer Michael Ferris has had his sentencing increased from five years to nine in the Court of Criminal Appeal.
Victims Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt had been attending a prisoner rehabilitation conference.
Mr Justice Paul McDermott would have given careful consideration to the sentences imposed in this difficult case.
Both boys were 13 years of age when they murdered Ana Kriegel in an abandoned house in Lucan in 2018.
The sentencing hearing of Boy A and Boy B is taking place at the Central Criminal Court.
The boys, now aged 15, were convicted by unanimous jury verdicts earlier this year.
In a hearing today, Mr Justice Paul McDermott was given psychological and psychiatric reports relating to Boy A and Boy B.
Judge Patricia Ryan adjourned the case for sentencing in October.
Joyce Conlon was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
He was found guilty of assault causing harm and engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour.
The two teengers are to be sentenced in four weeks’ time.
John Cash received a three and a half year sentence.
One victim called it a “good day for me and for all victims of abuse”.
Kevin Braney was found guilty of the premeditated murder of 35-year-old Peter Butterly.
The victim told the court she forgives her husband and doesn’t want him to go to prison.
‘It is essential, for victims of crime and for society in general, that coherent sentencing policy is developed’, writes Ivana Bacik.
The 37-year-old will be sentenced next month for two attacks on women he met up with via the dating app.
He has been resentenced to two years imprisonment with 12 months post-release supervision.
Justice Michael White said that if Kiernan was a younger man the court would be imposed a serious custodial sentence.
Gary Gleeson and Stephen Dunne were sentenced to 12 years each.
Currently there is life imprisonment for a male who is convicted of incest, but the sentence is three to seven years for a woman.
The judge described the 2015 murder as “execrable”.
It is hoped that the bill will be at committee stage before the end of the current Dáil term.
“It’s somewhat bizarre that an area that is so sensitive has so little in the way of guidance for a trial judge.”