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Mobster’s girlfriend files sentence appeal notice

By Denise Lavoie
Published June 14, 2012 2:06am ET
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Mobster’s girlfriend files sentence appeal notice
Victims' family members, Steve Davis, left, and Tommy Donahue clasp hands as they react outside federal court in Boston Tuesday, June 12, 2012, after Catherine Greig, who spent 16 years on the run with former Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, was sentenced to eight years in prison for helping to hide one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) | Elise Amendola

BOSTON (AP) — The day after the longtime girlfriend of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was sentenced to eight years in prison for helping him while he was on the run, her lawyer filed a notice in court saying she may appeal.

The one-paragraph document filed in federal court Wednesday says Catherine Greig claims her right to appeal to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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