Sentencing guidelines needed for burglaries

Kevin Victory runs a convenience store in Kingscourt, Co Cavan. On November 30, 2015, three men broke into his shop and had items ready to load into a car. At this point, armed guards, who were in the area, arrived and chased the men back into the store.

All three men were arrested and given six-month suspended sentences.

There was €3,000 worth of damage done to the premises after they had used a ...