Judgement reserved in Mulhall sentence appeal

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the challenge by Linda Mulhall to her 15-year-sentence for the manslaughter of her mother's boyfriend.

Today, the three-judge Court of Criminal Appeal reserved judgement in an appeal brought by the mother of four against the severity of the sentence imposed on her by Mr Justice Paul Carney in December 2006.

The court comprised Ms Justice Fidelma Macken, presiding sitting with Mr Justice Roderick Murphy and Mr Justice Eamonn De Valera said that they were reserving judgement.

Ms Justice Macken said it was hoped that they would be in a position to give judgement "as soon as possible", but added that the court had several other judgements currently under consideration.

In October 2006 Linda Mulhall was found guilty of the manslaughter by a jury at the central criminal court of Farah Swaleh Noor on March 20, 2005, after a drinking session at the home of their mother, Kathleen Mulhall, in Summerhill, Dublin.

Her sister Charlotte Mulhall (aged 25), of Kilclare Heights, Tallaght, who was found guilty of Mr Noor's murder, is appealing against the conviction she received. That appeal has yet to be heard.