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Drogheda criminal has arson sentence reduced after appeal
The sentence was reduced by 2 years. with Crosby now expected to serve 3 years and 6 months. By Eoin Reynolds Wednesday 26 May 2021, 5:16 PM 4 hours ago 7,571 Views 0 Comments
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A DROGHEDA CRIMINAL with 40 previous convictions has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal for the “mysterious and even sinister” arson of a stolen car.
The court’s ruling states that it also wants to “incentivize rehabilitation” for the 25-year-old by suspending part of the new sentence imposed.
Paul Crosby (25) of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, Co Louth was under surveillance in May 2019 by members of the Emergency Response Unit who watched as he and two others jump-started a stolen Volkswagen Polo, drove it to a field and set it on
Criminal successfully appeals arson sentence
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A Drogheda criminal with 40 previous convictions has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal for the mysterious and even sinister arson of a stolen car.
The court s ruling states that it also wants to incentivise rehabilitation for the 25-year-old by suspending part of the new sentence imposed.
Paul Crosby (25) of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, Co Louth was under surveillance in May 2019 by members of the Emergency Response Unit who watched as he and two others jump-started a stolen Volkswagen Polo, drove it to a field and set it on fire. He pleaded guilty to arson and a judge at Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court sentenced him to five years imprisonment with the final six months suspended.
Louth criminal with 40 previous convictions appeals the severity of his sentence for burning out a stolen car
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A Louth criminal with 40 previous convictions has appealed the severity of his sentence for burning out a stolen car, in what a judge has described as mysterious circumstances.
Paul Crosby (25) of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, Co Louth was under surveillance by the Emergency Response Unit who watched as he and two others jump-started the stolen Volkswagen Polo, drove it to a field and set it on fire.
He pleaded guilty to arson and a judge at Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court sentenced him to five years imprisonment with the final six months suspended.
A Drogheda criminal with 40 previous convictions has appealed the severity of his sentence for burning out a stolen car, in what a judge has described as mysterious circumstances.
Paul Crosby (25) of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, Co Louth was under surveillance by the Emergency Response Unit who watched as he and two others jump-started the stolen Volkswagen Polo, drove it to a field and set it on fire.
He pleaded guilty to arson and a judge at Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court sentenced him to five years imprisonment with the final six months suspended.
At a sentence hearing in April 2020 Detective Garda Seamus Nolan told Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court that Crosby was being watched by the Emergency Response Unit when, on May 10, 2019, he was seen with two other men trying to jump-start the stolen car at an industrial estate in Drogheda.