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2016-03-18 · Wexford

Couple will not face retrial on charge of unlawful killing of MS sufferer by neglect

In March 2016 the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of Eleanor Joel, aged 41, and her partner Jonathan Costen, aged 43, for the unlawful killing of Joel's mother, Evelyn, aged 59, by neglect. The original 2013 conviction had followed a retrial in which a jury found the couple guilty of manslaughter and imposed a two‑year suspended sentence…

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2016-03-04 · Wexford

Couple have convictions for killing MS sufferer by neglect quashed on appeal

In 2016 the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of Eleanor Joel, aged 41, and her partner Jonathan Costen, aged 43, for the unlawful killing by neglect of Evelyn Joel, a 59‑year‑old multiple sclerosis sufferer. The couple had been found guilty in 2013 and received a two‑year suspended sentence with a condition of 230 hours of community…

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2015-10-07 · Wexford

Jury should have been allowed consider HSE's alleged culpability in death of immobile MS sufferer, appeal court told

The Court of Appeal has heard submissions in the appeal by Eleanor Joel and Jonathan Costen, who were convicted of the unlawful killing of Evelyn Joel by neglect in Wexford in January 2006. The pair, who pleaded not guilty, were found guilty by a jury at Wexford Circuit Criminal Court following a retrial. In March 2013, Judge Seán O'Donnabháin…

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2015-10-06 · Wexford

Couple found guilty of killing MS sufferer by neglect move to appeal convictions

In 2013, a jury at Wexford Circuit Criminal Court found 41‑year‑old Eleanor Joel and her 43‑year‑old partner Jonathan Costen guilty of unlawfully killing 59‑year‑old Evelyn Joel by neglect. The conviction followed a retrial after an earlier trial in 2006. Judge Seán O'Donnabháin imposed a two‑year suspended sentence, conditional on 230 hours of…

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