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The Court of Appeal has upheld a five-year sentence for possession of a firearm with criminal intent and attempted robbery, originally imposed by the Circuit Court. The appellant's plea of guilty and other mitigating factors were considered, but the Court found no error in the original judge's decision not to suspend any part of the sentence, given the appellant's history of previous convictions and the seriousness of the offences. The Court of Appeal affirmed the original decision, emphasising the importance of the public interest in preventing the proliferation of firearms and the gravity of the offences.
Court of Appeal, possession of a firearm with criminal intent, attempted robbery, sentence appeal, mitigating factors, signed plea of guilty, previous convictions, public interest, rehabilitation, suspended sentence, presumptive minimum sentence, Firearms Act 1964, aggravating factors, mitigation, proportionality, An Garda Síochána investigation, early plea discount, proportionality principle, The People (DPP) v. Roy O’Callaghan, The People (DPP) v. Cambridge, The People (DPP) v. John Faulkner.
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