17-year-old boy sentenced to life for Cameron Blair murder

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A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to detention for life, with a minimum of 13 years, for murdering Cameron Blair at the Central Criminal Court on 20 April 2020. The murder happened on Bandon Road in Cork during a house party.

The sentence will be reviewed in November 2032. The teenager had pleaded guilty to murdering Cameron, who was stabbed in the neck while acting as a peacemaker.

He was due to transfer from Oberstown Children Detention Campus to an adult prison after turning 18. The court directed regular custody reports and said any release would require careful supervision.