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Net sentence of five years’ imprisonment for robbery was correct notwithstanding error in headline sentence
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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against the severity of sentence of six years' imprisonment with the final twelve months suspended, imposed for the robbery of a hair salon, on the grounds that, while the sentencing judge imposed a headline sentence that was too high, the ultimate sentence imposed was correct.
Criminal law – sentencing – appeal against the severity of prison sentence of six years with the final twelve months suspended imposed for the robbery of a hair salon – s. 14 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 – whether the sentencing judge erroneously rejected the account he gave to the Gardaí, namely that he was in the hair salon to get a haircut and that whilst there he had been tempted by a visible cash box, whereupon he decided to steal from it – ultimate sentence imposed by the sentencing judge was correct notwithstanding the error that the headline sentence was too high – appeal dismissed.
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