Two men jailed for killing a young Clare teacher in an attack described as ‘cowardly, brutal and grossly violent’ have had their sentences extended.
The Court of Criminal Appeal added two years on the prison terms originally handed down to Harry Dinan and his Nephew Kevin for the manslaughter of Lissycasey man Brian Casey.
Harry Dinan, of Waterpark Heights, Ennis and his nephew Kevin Dinan, of Clarehill, Clarecastle, were jailed in 2010 for punching 26 year old Brian Casey to death in an unprovoked attack at O’ Connell Square, Ennis on Saint Stephen’s night 2009.
The teacher was knocked to the ground from a single blow by Harry Dinan and as he lay there most likely semi-conscious Kevin Dinan punched him repeatedly about the face and head.
The DPP secured a review of the 5 and 4 year manslaughter sentences handed down at Ennis Circuit Court, and was succesful in it’s claim that the penalties were too lenient
The Court of Criminal Appeal has today added a further 2 years on to each man’s jail terms.
Presiding judge, Mr Justice Liam McKechnie described it a ‘cowardly brutal and grossly violent’ attack that ’caused the death of a young man with his whole life in front of him’.
