At the Central Criminal Court on 22 July 2014, Darren Wynne, aged 21 of Ballyroe, Athy, County Kildare, was sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction for murder. Wynne had been found guilty by jury of murdering Jamie Lindsay, aged 20, by shooting him with a sawn-off shotgun on 6 April 2013 at Coney Green, Athy. Two further defendants, Quentin Monaghan, aged 21 of Stradbally, County Laois, and James Seery, aged 21 of Athy, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the same incident and were remanded in custody pending sentencing on 31 July. Both men were also convicted of possession of a sawn-off shotgun and cartridges in suspicious circumstances. The court heard that Mr Lindsay died from a shotgun wound to the head. A victim impact statement was read on behalf of Mr Lindsay's sister.
Two to be sentenced next week for manslaughter
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Source: Courts News Ireland
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