Case-subject index
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2021-12-17
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Last month, Sharon Whelan told the sentence hearing for her father Mark that her life had been "ruined" by a man she trusted with her life. The judge then said she would sentence Whelan "without hesitation" to the mandatory term of life imprisonment for murder.
2021-11-15
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Ms Justice Tara Burns said she will impose the mandatory term of life imprisonment when the accused appears in court in person on December 17. Sorry for stabbing you." Sergeant Selina Proudfoot told Mr McGinn that as member-in-charge at the station, Whelan was in her care and that she regularly checked in on him with food and water during his detention.
2021-10-11
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Sorry for stabbing you." Sergeant Selina Proudfoot told Mr McGinn that as member-in-charge at the station, Whelan was in her care and that she regularly checked in on him with food and water during his detention.; He didn't take up a wooden spoon." After receiving the guilty verdict this morning, Ms Justice Burns adjourned the case to November 15 for sentencing and for the opportunity to consider victim impact statements.
2021-10-08
Stage: Finding
Plea: Not guilty
2021-10-06
Stage: Trial
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Mr Whelan was transferred to the Central Mental Hospital about a week and a half after he was remanded in custody, and kept in initially in seclusion, Dr Kelly said.
2021-10-05
Stage: Trial
Plea: Not guilty
2021-10-04
Stage: Trial
Plea: Not guilty
2021-09-29
Stage: Trial
Plea: Not guilty
2021-09-28
Stage: Trial