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'I don't want to be fighting': murdered student Cameron acted as peacemaker

Date
2020-04-03

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Cork City

County
Cork

Summary

In a Central Criminal Court hearing, 20‑year‑old Cameron Blair, a biochemistry student at Cork Institute of Technology, was stabbed in the neck by a 17‑year‑old teenager at a house party on Bandon Road, Cork, on 16 January 2020. Blair, who had been monitoring the party's entry, was not aware of the knife until he collapsed. The defendant, who pleaded guilty to murder, had earlier that night invited Blair and his friends into the party and had acted as a peacemaker, according to witnesses. Blair's mother, father and younger brother read victim impact statements describing the loss as "unnatural" and "unbearable grief." The court heard that the knife was 21 cm long, and that the defendant had no prior convictions. The defendant was remanded in custody at Oberstown Children Detention Centre pending sentencing.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: 'I don't want to be fighting': murdered student Cameron acted as peacemaker. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

January 16, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
January 16 Hearing Or Sentence
April 20 Adjournment
Christmas Incident
2020-04-03 Publication

Why: " The boy, who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared at the court today for his sentence hearing, having pleaded guilty last month to murdering Mr Blair on Bandon Road in Co Cork on January 16, 2020. CNI source report

Case subjects

Unnamed 20-year-old

Defendant

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Mr Justice McDermott remanded the defendant in custody to Oberstown Children Detention Centre until April 20, when he will be sentenced.; Mr Justice McDermott remanded the defendant in custody to Oberstown Children Detention Centre until April 20, when he will be sentenced.