Man jailed for ‘savage’ vigilante attack on security men loses appeal

One of three men who took part in a “brutal and savage” vigilante attack on security workers guarding a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon, which involved forcing a man to eat dog faeces has lost an appeal against the severity of his 15-year sentence.

Delivering judgment on Thursday in the Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy said that the three-judge court did not find any error in principle in the original sentence imposed on PJ Sweeney.

Sweeney, (59) of High Cairn, Ramelton, Co Donegal was sentenced along with two others to 15 years in prison after being found guilty in June 2023 of 15 charges in relation to the incident at Strokestown, including aggravated burglary, violent disorder and criminal damage to a door of the house.

The men were also found guilty of the false imprisonment of and assault causing harm to Ian Gordon, Mark Rissen, John Graham, and Gary McCourtney.

They were further convicted of three counts of arson in relation to three vans and to causing…

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