Six-year sentence upheld for son who killed father

A six-year suspended sentence handed down to a then teenager for killing his father in Roscommon two years ago was not unduly lenient, the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled today.

The CCA held the sentencing judge “did not act outside of his discretion” when a fully suspended term was imposed on Thomas Cunningham Jnr in May, 2009, for the manslaughter of his father Thomas Brendan Cunningham Snr