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Three-year prison sentence for money laundering upheld
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The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against the severity of a three-year sentence for money laundering, originally imposed by the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The appellant, a 61-year-old Lithuanian national residing in the UK, had pleaded guilty to laundering €56,350. The Court found no error in principle with the headline sentence of four and a half years, which was reduced to three years in consideration of mitigatory factors. The Court also upheld the decision not to suspend any part of the sentence, taking into account the appellant's early guilty plea, lack of previous convictions, and personal circumstances.
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