34 h. ago Man who murdered Natasha Melendez jailed for at least 19 years

John Scott was given a life sentence in June 2024 and today heard he will serve 19 years of that jail term.

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3 d. ago Richard Satchwell showed ‘Tina’s dog in death more respect’, sister says as murderer sentenced to life

Lawyers for Satchwell had unsuccessfully tried to have the murder charge against him withdrawn and substituted with manslaughter

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3 d. ago 'Master manipulator' Richard Satchwell sentenced to life for murder of his wife Tina

The court was also told today that Satchwell - who has 14 previous convictions - intends to appeal against last week's unanimous jury verdict convicting him of Tina Satchwell's murder

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3 d. ago Richard Satchwell sentenced to life in prison for murder of wife Tina Satchwell in 2017

His barrister told the court that Satchwell intends to appeal, and that he ‘never intended to kill Tina’.

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3 d. ago Richard Satchwell sentenced to life in prison for murder of his wife Tina Satchwell

Lawyers for Satchwell had unsuccessfully tried to have the murder charge against him withdrawn and substituted with manslaughter

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3 d. ago Richard Satchwell to be sentenced later for murder of wife Tina Satchwell in 2017

The judge will hand down the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment to Richard Satchwell.

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4 d. ago Son is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his ill mother in her home

Angela Canavan’s life was taken in ‘most cruel, violent and sadistic way’, Central Criminal Court told

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4 d. ago Nigel Canavan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his mother

Keith Canavan also said his brother had "portrayed her in the courtroom not as the woman she truly was, but as someone he could scapegoat to protect himself"

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2 w. ago 'I hope she dies': Controlling husband who stabbed wife 14 times jailed for life

Bahaalddin Alshwawrah (45), with an address at Park Na Sillogue Court, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, has been sentenced to life for the murder of Zeinat Bashabsheh (42) at the same address on December 24th, 2021.

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2 w. ago Man sentenced to life for murder of ‘charitable’ retiree who gave both him and mother shelter

Jury rejected defence that Brian Ibe was entitled to insanity verdict after killing Peter Kennedy in his Kildare home

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2 w. ago Man (23) handed life sentence for murder of a man who had taken him and his mother into his home

Brian Ibe had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Peter Kennedy between 28 April and 12 May, 2020, in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

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2 w. ago ‘Ireland an outlier’ for serving life sentences on children, expert says

‘Ireland an outlier’ for serving life sentences on children, expert says  Irish Examiner

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3 w. ago Nigel Canavan convicted of murder of his mother Angela Canavan in her Co Sligo home

Jury rejected Canavan’s claim he had acted in self defence during attack in 2023

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3 w. ago Menendez brothers resentenced by California judge to be eligible for parole

Brothers had been sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for the murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home

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3 w. ago Man who beat his ‘free spirit’ friend to death sentenced to life

Mother recalled holding dead son’s hand while the rest of him was covered in a body bag because he had been so badly beaten

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4 w. ago Man accused of murdering his mother phoned his friend while she lay dead on the floor

Nigel Canavan, with an address at Erris Gardens, Crossmolina, Co Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to his mother's murder at her home in St John's Terrace, Co Sligo on May 1st 2023.

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