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Teen held knife outside house where Cameron Blair was murdered, court hears

Date
2021-06-28

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Cork City

County
Cork

Summary

A 19‑year‑old, Scott O'Connor, was sentenced for violent disorder and for producing a knife at a party on Bandon Road, Cork, where 20‑year‑old Cameron Blair was murdered. O'Connor, who had a 14‑year‑old friend, was told to "give it to me, I'll shank one of them" and pulled up his top to reveal his waistband. He claimed he had taken a kitchen knife to scare people and had no intention of using it. The court heard that he and his friends had armed themselves with knives, that O'Connor had held a six‑inch white‑handled knife above his head and pointed it at party‑goers, and that he had later dropped it. O'Connor pleaded guilty to violent disorder and to producing a knife, and was remanded on continuing bail until July 5 for sentencing.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Teen held knife outside house where Cameron Blair was murdered, court hears. Charges or matters: producing an article capable of inflicting serious injury in the course of a dispute, to wit a knife, in a manner likely unlawfully to intimidate another person on the same occasion; his murder; murdering Cameron on Bandon Road in Co Cork on January 16, 2020; producing an article capable of inflicting serious injury in the course of a dispute, to wit a knife, in a manner likely to unlawfully intimidate another person; committing violent disorder with two other persons present together, using or threatening to use unlawful violence, and such conduct taken together would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at Bandon Road in Cork city to fear for his or another person's safety at the said place on the same occasion. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

January 16, 2020 Incident
April 2020 Other
October 2017 Incident
July 5 Adjournment
June 16 Adjournment
May 28 Incident
July 12 Adjournment
2021-06-28 Publication

Why: The boy, who could not be named because he was a minor, pleaded guilty to murdering Cameron on Bandon Road in Co Cork on January 16, 2020. CNI source report

Case subjects

Scott O'Connor

Defendant

Charges: producing an article capable of inflicting serious injury in the course of a dispute, to wit a knife, in a manner likely unlawfully to intimidate another person on the same occasion; his murder; murdering Cameron on Bandon Road in Co Cork on January 16, 2020; producing an article capable of inflicting serious injury in the course of a dispute, to wit a knife, in a manner likely to unlawfully intimidate another person; committing violent disorder with two other persons present together, using or threatening to use unlawful violence, and such conduct taken together would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at Bandon Road in Cork city to fear for his or another person's safety at the said place on the same occasion (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Scott O'Connor, of Churchfield Square, Churchfield, Cork appeared at the court today for his sentence hearing, having pleaded guilty last January to committing violent disorder at Bandon Road in Cork on January 16, 2020. Mr Justice Keane remanded the defendant on continuing bail until July 5, when he will be sentenced.; Mr Justice Keane remanded the defendant on continuing bail until July 5, when he will be sentenced.