Anthony Walsh sentenced to life for murder after row

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Anthony Walsh was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, and received seven years for theft, in court, reported on 23 October 2018. The murder occurred at North Street, Swords, County Dublin, on 16 July 2017. Walsh was convicted by a unanimous jury of murdering 54-year-old Dermot Byrne after a drunken row over a cigarette.

The court heard that Walsh stole Byrne’s bank card, keys and Zippo lighter. Justice Eileen Creedon imposed the mandatory life sentence for murder and the seven-year sentence for stealing those items.