DPP urged to appeal suspended term for ‘barbaric’ assault on pensioner

A pensioner left for dead after been attacked by burglars armed with knives and a sword, has called on the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal the sentence imposed of one of the criminal gang, after he walked free from court.

Willie Creed, 76, was struck across the head and slashed across his arm during the “barbaric” attack on him, and his two sisters, Nora, 74, and Chrissie, 68, were hit over the head with flower pots, at their home on May 31, 2012.

William Gammell, one of three men involved in the horrific attack at the Creed’s isolated home in Ballyluddy, Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, was given a suspended five-year sentence on Wednesday.