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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against the severity of concurrent sentences of six years’ imprisonment imposed for robbery and burglary, on the grounds that the appellant's co-accused’s poor conviction record did not per se warrant a lesser sentence for the appellant, and the sentence imposed adequately provided for the relevant and mitigating factors including rehabilitation.
Criminal law – sentencing – appeal against severity of concurrent sentences of six years’ imprisonment imposed for robbery and burglary – robbery of post office – burglary of dwelling of elderly Polish man – ss. 13 & 14 of The Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act, 2001 – whether the sentencing judge failed to take sufficient or adequate account of a number of mitigating factors – whether insufficient weight was afforded to his contention that his role in the offence was the lesser of the two men involved – sentencing judge in arriving at a net term of six years for both offences adequately provided for the relevant and mitigating factors including rehabilitation – appeal dismissed.
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