15 h. ago Convicted killer fighting for life after being battered in exercise yard in Dublin's Mountjoy Prison

Convicted killer fighting for life after being battered in exercise yard in Dublin's Mountjoy Prison  The Irish Sun

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Lawyers for Satchwell had unsuccessfully tried to have the murder charge against him withdrawn and substituted with manslaughter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Lawyers for Satchwell had unsuccessfully tried to have the murder charge against him withdrawn and substituted with manslaughter

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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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6 d. ago Son of GAA boss Davy Fitzgerald given suspended sentence after stealing €35,000 from former employer

Colm Fitzgerald stole €35,000 from his former employer Bank of Ireland to feed his gambling addiction.

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6 d. ago Davy Fitzgerald’s son given suspended sentence for stealing €35,000 from employer to fund gambling addiction

Judge imposes fully suspended 12-month sentence for ‘significant breach of trust’

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6 d. ago Davy Fitzgerald's son receives suspended sentence after stealing €35,000 from former employer Bank of Ireland

A son of Clare hurling legend Davy Fitzgerald was given a fully suspended 12-month prison sentence after he admitted stealing €35,000 from his then employer, Bank of Ireland, to feed his “out-of-control gambling addiction”

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2 w. ago Mother allegedly intimidated out of rented home by masked men seeks damages payment over unlawful eviction

Landlord and his son separately appeal sentences imposed in connection with incident at Waterford property

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

Jury reject defence’s claim that Brian Ibe was entitled to insanity verdict after killing Peter Kennedy (65) in his home in Newbridge, Co Kildare

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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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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 Man found guilty of murdering mother after jury rejects self

The victim was found with cuts, bruises and three broken ribs after being strangled and smothered to death.

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3 w. ago Jury to continue deliberations in case of man accused of murdering his mother

Angela Canavan died at her home in St John’s Terrace, Co Sligo in May 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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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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