Cameron Blair murder case adjourned for sentencing

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Cameron Blair was murdered in Cork, and the unnamed teenager who pleaded guilty was remanded by the Central Criminal Court on 3 April 2020 pending sentence. The killing happened on Bandon Road on 16 January 2020, when Blair was stabbed in the neck during a student party.

The court heard that Blair had been trying to calm a confrontation outside the house when the teenager approached and stabbed him. Blair died at Cork University Hospital that night.

The teenager, who cannot be named because he is a minor, had pleaded guilty to murder. Justice Paul McDermott remanded him in custody at Oberstown Children Detention Centre until 20 April, when he was due to be sentenced.