Brandon Gavin receives life sentence for murder of Marius Mamaliga

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Brandon Gavin received the mandatory life sentence for murdering Marius Mamaliga at the Central Criminal Court on 2 December 2024. The stabbing took place at Forest Court, Swords, on 23 February 2023.

The jury had found Gavin guilty after rejecting his claim that he acted in self-defence. He had pleaded not guilty to murder.

The court heard that Gavin stabbed Mamaliga in the neck while Mamaliga was in a car with two friends. Mamaliga died in hospital three days later.

In a statement delivered for Mamaliga’s parents, they described their grief and said they had been left with a void that would never be filled. Justice Eileen Creedon imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.