Brian Rattigan jailed for nine years for manslaughter

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Brian Rattigan was jailed for nine years for manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court on 24 January 2019. The sentence was backdated to 1 October 2018 after he pleaded guilty to killing Declan Gavin. Mr Gavin was stabbed outside an Abrakebabra on Crumlin Road, Dublin, on 25 August 2001.

The judge said the headline sentence was 13 years, but imposed nine years after considering the guilty plea, the lengthy prosecution and Rattigan’s prison courses. The State had accepted his manslaughter plea after his murder conviction was quashed and a retrial was ordered.