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Victim's wife removed from court as husband's killer is jailed for 9 years

Date
2017-03-06

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Navan

County
Meath

Summary

In a Central Criminal Court hearing on 6 March 2017, Justice Patrick McCarthy sentenced Cluskey, aged 25, to nine years' imprisonment for manslaughter after he killed Christopher Nevin with an axe outside a house on Tailteann Road, Navan, on 19 November 2015. Cluskey had been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. The judge reduced the recommended 12‑year term to nine years, citing Cluskey's early guilty plea and his claim of reasonable self‑defence. The sentence was back‑dated to 23 November 2015, the date Cluskey entered custody. Lisa Nevin, Nevin's wife, was removed from the courtroom after becoming emotional and shouting that she would never see her husband's face again. The case also involved co‑accused Josh Turner, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life. The judge noted the confrontation between Turner and Nevin, the use of an axe, and the impact statements from Nevin's family.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Victim's wife removed from court as husband's killer is jailed for 9 years. Charges or matters: murder and sentenced to life. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Convicted

When:

November 19, 2015 Incident
November 23, 2015 Other
2017-03-06 Publication

Why: However, Justice McCarthy said there was no need for Cluskey's intervention because there was some distance between Turner and the deceased. CNI source report