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Mum of murdered champ has raised arguable claim on victims rights, High Court finds

Date
2022-07-26

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Limerick

Summary

The High Court has permitted the mother of murdered boxer Kevin Sheehy to proceed with a judicial review challenge against the Minister for Justice's decision to allow his killer's transfer to a UK prison. Tracey Tully contends that the proposed repatriation of Logan Jackson, who is serving a life sentence in Limerick Prison for Mr Sheehy's murder, breaches her rights as a crime victim under the 2017 Victims of Crime Act. Ms Tully argues that such a transfer would extinguish her entitlement to be consulted on future parole applications. Justice Siobhan Phelan found that Ms Tully had raised arguable grounds concerning victim protections and satisfied the legal threshold for the case to proceed. The matter will return for full hearing in October. Mr Sheehy died following an incident on Longford Road in 2019. Jackson, from Coventry, was convicted of murder at the Central Criminal Court and subsequently sought repatriation to England.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Mum of murdered champ has raised arguable claim on victims rights, High Court finds. Charges or matters: Mr Sheehy's murder by a jury at the Central Criminal Court and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

July 1st, 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
2022-07-26 Publication

Case subjects

Tracey Tully

Defendant

Charges: Mr Sheehy's murder by a jury at the Central Criminal Court and was sentenced to life imprisonment (Alleged Or Contested)

Outcome: In her action, Ms Tully seeks an order preventing Logan Jackson, who is serving a life sentence in Limerick Prison for Mr Sheehy's murder, from being repatriated back to England. She also claims that the Minister's decision is unconstitutional and an "abdication of the Irish State's responsibility to determine when a person serving a life sentence may be paroled." Lawyers representing both the Minister and Jackson, who is a notice party to the proceedings, had opposed the application for leave and had argued that Ms Tully's action should have been dismissed.