King v Fionnghuale Perry
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | O'Hara J |
| Judgment Date | 17 May 2023 |
| Neutral Citation | [2023] NICC 12 |
| Court | Crown Court (Northern Ireland) |
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Neutral Citation No: [2023] NICC 12
Judgment: approved by the court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: OHA12170
ICOS No: 19/083239
Delivered: 17/05/2023
IN THE CROWN COURT IN NORTHERN IRELAND
SITTING AT BELFAST
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THE KING
v
FIONNGHUALE PERRY
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Mr R Steer (instructed by the Public Prosecution Service) for the Crown
Mr D Hutton KC with Ms A Macauley (instructed by Phoenix Law, Solicitors) for the
defendant
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SENTENCING REMARKS
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O’HARA J
Introduction
[1] On 15 March 2023 I found the defendant guilty of collecting or making a
record of information likely to be useful to a terrorist, contrary to section 58(1)(a) of
the Terrorism Act 2000. The details of the offence were that on a date unknown
between 16 September 2015 and 21 February 2018, when her home was searched and
documents found, she collected or made a security debrief, about the recovery by the
police of firearms, ammunition, and explosives. The police find of the weapons was
in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast on 17 September 2015.
[2] This ruling on sentencing should be read in conjunction with my judgment of
15 March. At para [23] of that judgment I set out my findings about the defendant’s
handwritten notes and at para [42] I gave my reasons for rejecting her account of
why and how the notes had come to be written. Then at para [44] I set out why, in
my judgment, the notes were of direct benefit to terrorists.
[3] I now come to sentence the defendant, having received considered and
detailed submissions on my sentencing powers and on the correct approach to
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