Sentence reduced for addict who robbed man

A heroin addict whose 61-year-old victim requested he not be sent to jail for robbery has had his prison sentence cut on appeal.

Trevor O’Donoghue, aged 34, of Kilbeg, Bandon, Co Cork, had pleaded guilty to robbing €750 from the man at the Cork City Bus Station on June 29, 2014. He was subsequently sentenced to five years imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

The Court of Appeal reduced O’Donoghue’s prison sentence yesterday after finding that the circuit court was incorrectly told he had a previous conviction he did not in fact have.