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Court of Appeal allows appeal against severity of sentence of 32 months imprisonment imposed for the possession of money traced to a cashbox robbery from a fast food outlet and varies sentence by suspending the final 12 months, on the grounds of the appellant’s desire to rehabilitate himself.
Criminal law – sentencing – appeal of severity of sentence of 32 months imprisonment – offence of possession of stolen property contrary to s. 18 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act – appellant put cash which was covered in blue dye into a house with which he had no connection in an attempt to evade gardai following robbery of cashbox from McDonalds – whether the trial judge erred in his assessment of the gravity of offence – whether the trial judge paid too much attention to the previous convictions – court will suspend the final 12 months of the 36 months in light of the appellant’s desire to rehabilitate himself – appeal allowed.
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