A court will look at whether Gavin Coyle's four-year jail term is 'potentially unduly lenient'.
Prosecutors are to appeal a dissident republican's sentence for his role in the attempted murder of an off-duty Catholic police officer.Gavin Coyle, 46, from Mullaghmore Drive, Omagh, wasHe provided the car used to carry the bomb and also admitted IRA membership.
On Tuesday, the Public Prosecution Service confirmed it was referring the sentence to the Court of Appeal as "potentially unduly lenient". The decision was taken by the director of public prosecutions, Stephen Herron, and papers were lodged with the court office last week.Gavin Coyle on his way to an earlier hearing
The officer was left with "permanent disfiguring injuries" after the Real IRA attack, an earlier hearing was told.Coyle had previous convictions for weapons offences.She described the attack as cowardly, calculated and cold-blooded and said it was "carried out with one aim: to take the life of a police officer".
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