Man jailed for life for murdering his mother while high on drugs
A 22-year-old man from Castlebar, County Mayo has been sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction for the murder of his mother at the Central Criminal Court. The accused had admitted manslaughter but pleaded not guilty to murder. A jury unanimously found him guilty of murder after approximately two hours of deliberation. The victim, a 46-year-old woman, was fatally stabbed on 9 March 2011 at their…
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A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother at their Mayo home while he was high on drugs. Celyn Eadon stabbed 46-year-old Nóirín Kelly 19 times on March 9, 2011 and she died at the scene. Her family said today that ‘drugs ruin lives’. Eadon of Derrycrieve, Island
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