16-year-old boy sentenced for Dublin manslaughter

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A 16-year-old boy was sentenced for manslaughter, receiving six years’ detention with 18 months suspended, in a report published on 13 February 2017. The offence was the stabbing death of 21-year-old Lorcan O’Reilly at a Halloween bonfire at Dublin’s Oliver Bond Street flats in 2015.

The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter after previously being charged with murder. The sentencing judge said the offence was serious and made more serious because the boy brought a knife to the scene.