Transfer of champ boxer's murderer to UK prison breaches mother's rights, High Court told

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A High Court judge heard an application on Friday from the mother of murdered Irish champion boxer Kevin Sheehy seeking to prevent the transfer of her son's killer to a UK prison. Tracey Tully argues that the Minister for Justice's decision to allow Logan Jackson's repatriation breaches her rights as a crime victim under the 2017 Victim of Crime Act. Jackson, who is serving a life sentence for Mr Sheehy's murder at Limerick Prison, has applied to serve his sentence in England. Ms Tully contends that the transfer would remove her ability to make submissions regarding any future parole application, as such decisions would fall under UK jurisdiction. The Minister's legal representatives disputed that Ms Tully had met the threshold for permission to bring a judicial review challenge. Ms Justice Siobhan Phelan reserved her decision, indicating judgment would be delivered before the end of July.

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Mother of murdered boxer Kevin Sheehy wins right to court challenge against prison transfer - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:00:00 GMT
Mother of murdered Limerick boxer gets permission to challenge killer's prison transfer - Irish Examiner Irish Examiner · Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:00:00 GMT
Limerick mother's court action over proposed prison transfer of son's killer resolved - Irish Examiner Irish Examiner · Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:00:00 GMT
Murdered boxers mother seeks to stop killer's transfer to UK prison - RTE.ie RTE.ie · Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:00:00 GMT

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