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Court of Appeal allows appeal of unduly lenient sentence of two years' imprisonment with the final six months suspended imposed for assault causing harm, abduction of a child and being drunk in charge of a child, and substitutes a sentence of three years imprisonment with the final nine months suspended, finding that the sentence that was imposed did not reflect the gravity of the offending conduct.
Criminal law – sentencing – undue leniency – application brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions pursuant to s. 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 – whether a sentence of two years imprisonment with the final six months suspended imposed for assault causing harm, abduction of a child and being drunk in charge of a child was unduly lenient – s. 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 – s. 17 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 – s. 9 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act 1908 – sentence that was imposed did not reflect the gravity of the offending conduct – sentence of three years imprisonment with the final nine months suspended – appeal allowed.
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