Jury sworn-in for trial of UK man who denies murdering Irish boxing champ

A 31-year-old British man pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court on 29 November 2021, following the death of Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy in Limerick City on 1 July 2019. The accused, with an address in Coventry, England, admitted responsibility for the fatal hit-and-run incident but denied the murder charge. He faces an additional charge of dangerous driving contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. After the Director of Public Prosecutions rejected his guilty plea to manslaughter, a jury of twelve was sworn to hear the trial before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon. The deceased, a five-time Irish boxing champion from Limerick, was struck by a Mitsubishi jeep on Hyde Road and discovered on the road at approximately 4.40am. The trial, expected to last two to three weeks, commenced the following morning at the Central Criminal Court.