Linda Mulhall has lost her attempt to get a reduction in her 15-year sentence for the manslaughter of her mother’s lover.
Linda (32) and sister Charlotte (25) were convicted of killing Farah Swaleh Noor, a Kenyan national, in March 2005 after a drinking session at their mother's home in Summerhill, in the north inner city.
Mr Noor's dismembered remains were recovered from the Royal Canal in Dublin in 2005. His severed head, which was taken in a duffel bag on a bus to Tallaght to be buried, and other parts of his body have not been found.
Charlotte lost her appeal against her conviction for the murder of her mother's boyfriend in March and is continuing here life sentence.
The sisters’ mother Kathleen (52)is currently awaiting trial on charges in connection with the death of Mr Noor.
Linda Mulhall, who was jailed for 15 years for manslaughter, appealed the length of sentence on grounds she was sentenced without the trial judge first seeing her probation and psychological reports.
However, In rejecting Mulhall’s appeal against severity of sentence today, the Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA) found the trial judge in the case, Mr Justice Paul Carney, had imposed the appropriate sentence given the nature of the offence.
Giving the CCA judgment, Ms Justice Fidelma Macken, sitting with Mr Justice Roderick Murphy and Mr Justice Eamon deValera, said that, having considered the probation and psychological reports, the court was satisfied the 15 year sentence should stand.
The gruesome nature of the offence meant that the sentence should be at the "very very serious end of the scale", Ms Justice Macken said.