Crime boss Gilligan has five-year sentence quashed

CONVICTED crime boss John Gilligan had a five-year sentence imposed for threatening to kill two prison officers in a tuck shop row quashed yesterday.

The Court of Criminal Appeal quashed the sentence after finding it was not proportionate when combined with the 20 years he is already serving for importing cannabis resin.

Gilligan was in court to hear his counsel, Michael O’Higgins SC, successfully argue that the five-year sentence was too high.