Jun 28 2005
They were how old?
Dean Barry (then 16), of Garryglass Avenue, Ballinacurra Weston who was given a 9-year sentence and had 9 previous convictions.
- Jason Ring (then 14) of Crecora Avenue, Ballinacurra Weston who was sentenced 4 years – the maximum sentence allowed for someone of his age. He’ll spend the first year in Trinity House, Oberstown, before transferring to St. Patrick’s Young Offenders Institution.
- Darragh Ryan (then 16) of Lenihan Avenue, Prospect who received 8 years
- Thomas O’Neill (then 16), of Lenihan Avenue (incidentally, the same avenue that Wayne Dundon lived in), Prospect, was considered the ringleader and sentenced to 10 years. He had 35 previous convictions
Alive in Limerick gives a synopsis of the attack on a couple, and the subsequent gang-rape of a woman in Limerick which is back in the news because of the sentencing of Stephen Barry to 21 years in prison.
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