King v Robert Gillespie
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | McCloskey LJ |
| Judgment Date | 27 January 2023 |
| Neutral Citation | [2023] NICA 5 |
| Date | 27 January 2023 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) |
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Neutral Citation No: [2022] NICA 5
Judgment: approved by the court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: McC12049
ICOS No: 21/14218/A01
Delivered: ex tempore
27/01/2023
IN HIS MAJESTY’S COURT OF APPEAL IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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ON APPEAL FROM THE CROWN COURT AT LONDONDERRY
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BETWEEN:
THE KING
v
ROBERT GILLESPIE
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Mr Kieran Mallon KC and Mr J Brolly (instructed by MacDermott & McGurk Solicitors)
for the Appellant
Ms Catherine Chasemore (instructed by the Public Prosecution Service) for the
Respondent
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Before: McCloskey LJ, Horner LJ and McFarland J
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MCCLOSKEY LJ (delivering the judgment of the court)
Introduction
[1] Leave to appeal having been refused by the single judge, Robert Gillespie
(“the Appellant”) renews his application before the plenary court. By this
application he seeks to challenge the sentence imposed upon him on 26 August 2022
in respect of the following nine offices: possession of a firearm with intent to
endanger life; dangerous driving; arson; arson, being reckless as to whether life
would be endangered; criminal damage; threats to kill; failing to stop at the scene of
a damage only accident; failing to remain at the scene; failing to report the accident
to the police. All of these offences occurred on the separate dates of 24 June 2018 and
24 July 2018 and entailed quite separate transactions.
[2] The appellant’s conviction in respect of the first of these offences followed a
contested trial. As regards the other seven offences he had pleaded guilty.
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