DPP leak accused gets 11 months with final month suspended but is released to appeal outcome

A civil servant in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been been given an 11-month sentence for disclosing sensitive information about the arrest of a suspect in a dissident republican murder case.

Service officer Jonathan Lennon, 35, from Clonee, Dublin 15, who admitted having a “nosey” in the Peter Butterly murder file, was jailed today. However, he was released within minutes after lodging a notice of appeal.