A judge has indicated he may impose a community service order in lieu of a jail sentence on three-time All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler, Pat Ryan, who was convicted of perjury earlier this year.
Today, Monday, defence solicitor John Hebert, for Mr Ryan, 28, from Doon, Co Limerick, appealed the “severity” of a two-week jail sentence imposed on Mr Ryan last March, regarding perjury committed during criminal proceedings in October 2020 in which Mr Ryan was then accused of speeding.
During the October 2020 hearing before Limerick District Court, Mr Ryan falsely told the court he did not receive a summons for the speeding offense. Gardai who were acting on a separate investigation later discovered a photograph of the speeding summons sent from Mr Ryan’s mobile phone to a third party as well as text messages exchanged between the two phones.
