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2019-10-14
Mr Justice Tony Hunt adjourned the sentencing of Blake Sweeney until November 11 at the Central Criminal Court. Sweeney, 21, was convicted in July of the manslaughter of Robert Elston, 33, who was stabbed to death in May 2018. The judge noted that Sweeney should have listened to his mother's advice to stay home after Elston set fire to a car in…
2017-10-23 · Malahide, Dublin
David Mahon, 46, appeared before the Court of Appeal to challenge the severity of his seven-year sentence for the manslaughter of Dean Fitzpatrick, 23. Mahon had previously pleaded not guilty to the murder of Fitzpatrick, who was stabbed outside his mother's apartment in Dublin in May 2013. A Central Criminal Court jury found him not guilty of…
2017-05-22 · Malahide, Dublin
David Mahon, aged 46, will appeal the seven‑year sentence imposed for the manslaughter of Dean Fitzpatrick, 23, his partner's son. The incident occurred on 26 May 2013 when Mahon stabbed Fitzpatrick in the abdomen outside the apartment shared with Fitzpatrick's mother, Audrey, on Burnell Square, Northern Cross, Malahide Road, Dublin. The trial,…
2016-10-14 · Malahide, Dublin
In 2016, David Mahon, aged 45, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for manslaughter after killing Dean Fitzpatrick, 23, the older brother of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick. The incident occurred on 26 May 2013 when Mahon, who had been in a 12‑year relationship with Dean's mother Audrey Fitzpatrick, stabbed Dean in the abdomen outside the…
2016-06-14
David Mahon, aged 45, was sentenced to seven years' custody for the manslaughter of Dean Fitzpatrick, the older brother of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick. The conviction followed a trial in which Mahon pleaded not guilty to the murder of Dean's father, a charge he was cleared of. The sentencing judge, Justice Heneghan, considered aggravating…
2016-05-06 · Dublin
The jury in the David Mahon murder trial resumed deliberations on whether the 45‑year‑old accused killed his stepson, Dean Fitzpatrick, who was 23. The case centers on a stab wound to Fitzpatrick's abdomen outside the apartment shared by Mahon and Fitzpatrick's mother, Audrey, at Burnell Square, Dublin. Mahon pleaded not guilty on 26 May 2013,…
2016-05-05 · Dublin
The jury in the David Mahon murder trial spent over five hours deliberating on whether the 23‑year‑old accused killed his stepson, Dean Fitzpatrick, who was stabbed outside an apartment in Dublin. The State alleged Mahon was drunk, angry and intended to kill, while Mahon claimed the death was accidental or a possible suicide. The jury reviewed…
2016-05-05 · Dublin
The jury in the David Mahon murder trial was given the knife block from which Mahon claimed his stepson had taken the knife that caused his death. The case concerns the death of Dean Fitzpatrick on 26 May 2013. Mahon, 45, pleaded not guilty. The State alleges he was drunk, angry and stabbed Fitzpatrick with deadly intent. Mahon says the death was…
2016-05-04 · Dublin
The jury in the David Mahon murder trial will resume deliberations on Thursday morning to decide whether Mahon killed his stepson, Dean Fitzpatrick, or whether Fitzpatrick's fatal stab wound was accidental or self‑inflicted. Fitzpatrick, 23, died after a stab wound to the abdomen outside the apartment shared by his mother, Audrey Fitzpatrick, and…
2016-04-28 · Dublin
The trial of David Mahon, 45, for the murder of his stepson Dean Fitzpatrick, 23, has progressed with the court hearing that the deceased had expressed a death wish linked to guilt over his missing sister, Amy. Mahon claimed that Dean had walked into a knife he was holding on purpose, and that the fatal stab occurred outside the apartment shared…
2016-04-28
During the murder trial of David Mahon, the jury heard memos and video excerpts of Garda interviews in which Mahon, aged 45, claimed that his stepson, Dean Fitzpatrick, had walked into the knife he was holding. Mahon said he had voluntarily approached the Gardaí after his arrest on 26 May 2013, and that Fitzpatrick had pulled the knife on him…
2016-04-27 · Dublin
In the trial of 46‑year‑old David Mahon, the jury heard that Mahon claimed he was not the killer of 23‑year‑old Dean Fitzpatrick, who was stabbed on 26 May 2013. Mahon said he had called the Gardaí from Coolock Garda Station, admitting that he had held a knife but that Fitzpatrick had walked into it. He described an argument the night before,…
2016-04-26 · Malahide, Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court, 46‑year‑old David Mahon stands trial for the murder of Dean Fitzpatrick, who was stabbed on 26 May 2013. The prosecution presented text messages exchanged between Mahon, Fitzpatrick and Sarah O'Rourke in the days before the killing. O'Rourke testified that Mahon had threatened to stab her and urged her to contact…
2016-04-26 · Malahide, Dublin
During the second day of the trial of 46‑year‑old David Mahon, the Central Criminal Court heard testimony from Sarah O'Rourke, the girlfriend of Dean Fitzpatrick. O'Rourke said that on 25 May 2013, hours before the alleged murder, Mahon called her and threatened to stab her in the neck if she did not arrange for Fitzpatrick to call Mahon. She…
2016-04-25 · Malahide, Dublin
In a Dublin court on 25 April 2016, 46‑year‑old David Mahon stood trial for the murder of his stepson, Dean Fitzpatrick, who was stabbed in the abdomen on 26 May 2013. Mahon pleaded not guilty and was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court. The prosecution, led by Remy Farrell SC, presented a case that Mahon, annoyed by Fitzpatrick's…
2015-12-03 · Malahide, Dublin
In a hearing before the Central Criminal Court, grieving mother Audrey Mahon, aged 44, pleaded with Justice Margaret Heneghan for her husband David Mahon's permission to travel to Portugal with her for two weeks. David Mahon, also 44, is charged with the murder of his 23‑year‑old son, Dean Fitzpatrick, who was killed on 26 May 2013 at Northern…
2015-11-27 · Malahide, Dublin
David Mahon, 44, charged with murdering 23‑year‑old Dean Fitzpatrick on 26 May 2013, was denied a bail variation that would have let him travel to Spain for two weeks. He had previously been allowed to travel in September, but the court refused the new request. The judge cited concerns from Detective Sergeant Eddie Carroll that Mahon is a flight…
2014-05-26 · Malahide, Dublin
A 43‑year‑old Dublin man, David Mahon, is charged with the murder of 23‑year‑old Dean Fitzpatrick, who was killed on 26 May 2013 at Northern Cross on Malahide Road. Mahon appeared in the Central Criminal Court where a trial date was set for 20 July 2015.