Mum of murdered champ has raised arguable claim on victims rights, High Court finds

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The High Court has permitted the mother of murdered boxer Kevin Sheehy to proceed with a judicial review challenge against the Minister for Justice's decision to allow his killer's transfer to a UK prison. Tracey Tully contends that the proposed repatriation of Logan Jackson, who is serving a life sentence in Limerick Prison for Mr Sheehy's murder, breaches her rights as a crime victim under the 2017 Victims of Crime Act. Ms Tully argues that such a transfer would extinguish her entitlement to be consulted on future parole applications. Justice Siobhan Phelan found that Ms Tully had raised arguable grounds concerning victim protections and satisfied the legal threshold for the case to proceed. The matter will return for full hearing in October. Mr Sheehy died following an incident on Longford Road in 2019. Jackson, from Coventry, was convicted of murder at the Central Criminal Court and subsequently sought repatriation to England.

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