Michael Lynn rolls the dice on Supreme Court appeal

Michael Lynn rolls the dice on Supreme Court appeal

Michael Lynn rolls the dice on Supreme Court appeal


It may be a case of, be careful what you wish for. Michael Lynn, the disgraced solicitor convicted of stealing €18 million from the banks, has been granted leave to bring a Supreme Court appeal against his five-and-a-half-year prison sentence. But winning that right on grounds that his case raises matters of public importance is not without risk, as his sentence may go up as well as down. Or, to use the words of the court in its determination published on Monday, allowing the appeal to go forward, “it will be open to this Court to determine that the Court…