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'Daddy was a hero': UK man gets life for brutal murder of Irish boxing champ

Date
2021-12-21

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Limerick

Summary

A man from Coventry, England, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Kevin Sheehy, a five-times Irish boxing champion, at the Central Criminal Court. Logan Jackson, aged 31, was found guilty by unanimous jury verdict of murdering the 20-year-old at Hyde Road in Limerick city on 1 July 2019. Jackson had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter. The jury rejected his defence of provocation. Evidence presented at trial established that Jackson repeatedly ran over Mr Sheehy with a Mitsubishi Shogun jeep following a brief altercation outside a house party. A concurrent sentence of seven years was imposed on a second conviction for endangerment involving dangerous driving. Ms Justice Eileen Creedon backdated the sentence to 1 July 2019, when Jackson entered custody. Victim impact statements were read to the court by Mr Sheehy's family members.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: 'Daddy was a hero': UK man gets life for brutal murder of Irish boxing champ. Charges or matters: murder but guilty to manslaughter. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty

When:

July 1 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
July 1, 2019 Incident
July 1 Incident
2021-12-21 Publication

Case subjects

Unnamed 31-year-old

Convicted Person

Charges: murder but guilty to manslaughter (Proven)

Plea: Not guilty

Finding: Found guilty

Outcome: Found guilty; The testimony was heard as part of an emotional victim impact statement read today to the Central Criminal Court, where 31-year-old Jackson was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment for murdering Mr Sheehy. A concurrent sentence of seven years was imposed on this count today.