2025-03-03
Woman gets five years for killing partner in self defence
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Before delivering the sentence today, Mr Justice Burns said that Phelan and Mr Ennis had been in a relationship and that unfortunately the pair had significant problems involving long term substance abuse and that their lives had reflected their drug addictions. Having considered mitigation, the judge sentenced Phelan to six years imprisonment with the final year suspended for a period of three years on the basis that she remain under the supervision of the probation services for that time and engage with counselling and addiction services.