Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Juraci Da Silva

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2019-07-30

Brazilian butcher fails in appeal against 8-year sentence for killing

Stage: Appeal

Finding: Acquitted

Outcome: Acquitted; Sentencing him to eight years imprisonment in November 2017, Mr Justice Michael White said Da Silva knew the dangers of knives, due his job as a butcher in a meat plant. However, Da Silva was sentenced on the basis that he had been subjected to substantial provocation involving assaults and taunts of a "racist and sexual kind" on two separate occasions shortly before the fatal encounter.

2019-04-08

Sentence "too high" for man who killed attacker after racial abuse

Stage: Appeal

Finding: Acquitted

Outcome: Acquitted; Sentencing him to eight years imprisonment in November 2017, Mr Justice Michael White said Da Silva knew the dangers of knives, due his job in a meat plant. But the sentence Da Silva was given would usually be reserved for persons embarking on criminality or persons who used a knife in a sustained assault or burglary, Mr Cody submitted.

2017-11-27

Brazilian jailed for 8 years for killing man who attacked and racially abused him

Stage: Sentence

Outcome: Today Justice Michael White sentenced the Brazilian, who came to Ireland to work in a meat factory one month before the fatal incident, to eight years for the manslaughter charge and five years for producing a knife.

2017-10-20

Jury deliberating in trial of Brazilian accused of murdering man who attacked and racially abused him

Stage: Trial

Plea: Not guilty

2017-10-20

Brazilian not guilty of murdering man who attacked and racially abused him

Stage: Trial

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Mr Justice Michael White thanked the jury for their service and remanded Mr Da Silva in custody until November 20 for a sentencing hearing, during which Mr Banville's family will have the opportunity to make a statement.

2017-10-19