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A man jailed for 15 years for his role in an assault that saw a man stabbed 16 times in his own sitting room before being "basically incinerated" when set alight has failed in his appeal against the length of his sentence.
A man jailed for 15 years for his role in an assault in Offaly that saw a man stabbed 16 times in his own sitting room before being "basically incinerated&...
A man jailed for 15 years for his role in an assault that saw a man stabbed 16 times in his own sitting room before being "basically incinerated" when...
He pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage by way of arson on the same date. Groome's co-accused, David Keena, was jailed in October for five years for his role in the attack. Keena (21), of Carrig Mor, Ballynacargy, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm and criminal damage by way of arson. He was 17 at the time of the offence. Judge Martin Nolan said Mr Murphy had been “basically incinerated” in the attack in which he incurred severe knife injuries and burns to 96pc of his body. Judge Nolan said it seemed to him that for whatever reason, Groome ha...