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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against the severity of sentence of three and a half years' imprisonment imposed for reckless endangerment, dangerous driving and other road traffic offences, finding that the sentence was within the margin of discretion of the Circuit Court judge.
Criminal law – sentencing – appeal against the severity of three and a half years' imprisonment imposed for reckless endangerment, dangerous driving and other road traffic offences – s. 13 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997 – s. 53 (1) of the 1961 Act as substituted by s. 4 of the Road Traffic (Number Two) Act, 2011 – sentence was within the margin of discretion of the Circuit Court Judge – appeal dismissed.
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