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Youth to be sentenced for fatal stabbing after judge says grieving family need "finality"
Summary
A youth convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of a teenager in Claremorris, County Mayo, will be sentenced on 20 March following a brief hearing at the Central Criminal Court. The defendant was found guilty in July 2017 of the manslaughter of Dovydas Jenkas, aged seventeen, who died from a stab wound in the early hours of 19 December 2015. He had been charged with murder but acquitted of that charge. Justice Eileen Creedon indicated the offender should expect a custodial sentence and directed him to prepare accordingly. The sentencing hearing had been delayed pending the defendant's recovery from brain surgery. The judge noted that the victim's family requires finality in the matter.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Youth to be sentenced for fatal stabbing after judge says grieving family need "finality". Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Acquitted
When:
- March 20 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 19th, 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 11, 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2020-02-14 Publication
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Finding: Acquitted
Outcome: Acquitted; Dovydas Jenkas to death, can expect a custodial sentence and "should prepare for that." At a brief hearing today, counsel for the teenager Michael Bowman SC asked for the sentence hearing to be put back for three months while his client recovers from his latest surgery, which took place two weeks ago.; Dovydas Jenkas to death, can expect a custodial sentence and "should prepare for that." At a brief hearing today, counsel for the teenager Michael Bowman SC asked for the sentence hearing to be put back for three months while his client recovers from his latest surgery, which took place two weeks ago.
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