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Son of veteran criminal Eamon Kelly gets ten years for trying to murder ex-wife's friend
Summary
Matthias Kelly was given a 12-year sentence, with the final two years suspended, after pleading guilty to attempting to murder Fiona Timmermans during a knife attack in Dublin. Concurrent sentences were also imposed for burglary, threats to kill, criminal damage and producing a knife.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Son of veteran criminal Eamon Kelly gets ten years for trying to murder ex-wife's friend. Charges or matters: entering Ms Timmermans' home as a trespasser intending to murder her and producing a kitchen knife with a serrated blade in the course of a dispute on the same occasion; damaging the sitting room window and front bedroom window of his ex-wife's home, intending such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be damaged at Millbrook Avenue, Coolock in Dublin 13 on September 6, 2024. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 7, 2024 Hearing Or Sentence
- September 1, 2024 Hearing Or Sentence
- September 6 Other
- September 9, 2024 Incident
- September 6, 2024 Other
- December 4, 2012 Other
- 2026-03-25 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: entering Ms Timmermans' home as a trespasser intending to murder her and producing a kitchen knife with a serrated blade in the course of a dispute on the same occasion; damaging the sitting room window and front bedroom window of his ex-wife's home, intending such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be damaged at Millbrook Avenue, Coolock in Dublin 13 on September 6, 2024 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: After mitigation, Mr Justice McDermott imposed a sentence 12 years for the attempted murder, seven years for burglary, six years for the threats to kill, and three years each for the production of the knife and criminal damage, with all sentences to run concurrently, backdated to September 9, 2024. The judge suspended the last two years of the sentence for two years, on condition Kelly attends all appointments with the probation services, engages in victim awareness work and with addiction services and does not have any contact with the injured party.; The sentencing hearing was then adjourned to allow further time for the defence to find a neuropsychologist to provide a report on how the brain injuries affected Kelly's behaviour.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
- Beaumont Hospital
- Millbrook Avenue
- Furry Park
Topics
Burglary Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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