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Youth's manslaughter sentencing adjourned after brain surgery
Summary
A teenager convicted of manslaughter following the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in Claremorris in December 2015 has had his sentencing adjourned at the Central Criminal Court. The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Dovydas Jenkas in 2017 after a jury rejected a murder charge. Justice Eileen Creedon adjourned sentencing until October to allow the teenager time to recover from recent brain surgery performed to address severe epileptic seizures. Medical evidence presented to the court indicated the defendant suffers from localised epilepsy caused by a brain lesion and has undergone an anterior temporal lobectomy. The judge acknowledged the health grounds for the adjournment whilst noting her concern to finalise proceedings in consideration of the victim's family.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Youth's manslaughter sentencing adjourned after brain surgery. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- December 19th, 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2019-01-21 Publication
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
- Mount Street
- Claremorris
- Galway University Hospital
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