John Tighe to remain in prison for murdering infant son after appeal is rejected

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John Tighe will remain in prison serving a life sentence following the dismissal of his appeal against conviction for the murder of his infant son. Tighe, from Lavallyroe in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, was found guilty by unanimous jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court in March 2018 of murdering six-and-a-half-month-old Joshua in June 2013. The child died from asphyxiation caused by a wad of tissue lodged in his throat. The Court of Appeal rejected Tighe's challenge to the trial judge's decision to admit extracts from a postmortem report prepared by a pathologist who was unavailable to attend trial for cross-examination. Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy ruled that the report constituted a factual record within proper legal bounds and that no unfairness resulted from its admission, particularly as expert evidence based on those findings was subject to cross-examination before the jury.

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Father fails in appeal to quash conviction for murder of his baby son who choked on a ball of tissue - The Irish Times The Irish Times · Fri, 24 Mar 2023 07:00:00 GMT
John Tighe given life sentence for murdering 6½-month-old son - The Irish Times The Irish Times · Fri, 23 Mar 2018 07:00:00 GMT
Baby’s death in 2013 ruled as unlawful homicide by Mayo coroner - The Irish Times The Irish Times · Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:00:00 GMT
'He was my boy' - Man accused of murdering six-month-old son told gardai he had never hurt him, court hears - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Fri, 16 Mar 2018 07:00:00 GMT
Mayo man loses appeal against murder conviction - RTE.ie RTE.ie · Mon, 16 Dec 2019 08:00:00 GMT
Father goes on trial after plea of not guilty to murdering baby son - The Irish Times The Irish Times · Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:00 GMT
Baby Joshua's mother 'can still feel his lifeless hand', court hears as John Tighe gets life for his son's murder - Irish Examiner Irish Examiner · Fri, 23 Mar 2018 07:00:00 GMT
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