Armed robber Ward has sentence reduced to 20 years

Notorious armed robber Frank Ward, who received two life sentences for the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery, has succeeded in having his sentence reduced to one of 20 years on appeal.

Notorious armed robber Frank Ward, who received two life sentences for the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery, has succeeded in having his sentence reduced to 20 years on appeal.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today found there had been an error in principle in the imposition of two concurrent life sentences on the 58-year-old for shooting and robbing Mr Chawke in the car park of the Goat Grill, Goatstown on October 6th, 2003.