2022-06-16
State 'abdicating' responsibilities by allowing UK prison transfer, mum of murdered boxer says
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Jackson was convicted of Mr Sheehy's murder by a jury at the Central Criminal Court last December and sentenced to life imprisonment. Following his conviction, 31-year-old Jackson successfully applied to the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee for a transfer from Ireland to a prison in the UK, where he will serve out the remainder of his sentence.