Raid victims demand justice reform

A couple whose family was held at gunpoint by raiders who broke into their home has called for a reform of the justice system following their captors’ sentencing.

Last week, three men were given lengthy sentences for the aggravated burglaries they carried out in April and May of 2012 in Pallasgreen, Co Limerick.

Patrick Roche, aged 53, from Kilcronan Close, Clondalkin, Dublin, and his son, Philip Roche, aged 24, were jailed for 17 years and 15 years respectively.