Carlow brothers who went on a ‘crime spree' that left man in his 60s suffered traumatic brain injury appeal sentences
Two brothers who went on a Christmas Day 'crime spree' involving the arson of a car and a serious assault that left a man in his 60s with a traumatic brain injury have appealed their ten-year sentences.
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