Dylan Hayes and Ger Hogan sentenced to life for murder

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Dylan Hayes and Ger Hogan were sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment for the murder of Shane Murphy. Justice Patrick McCarthy imposed the sentences after hearing a statement from Mr Murphy’s sister.

The verdicts were revealed on 17 May 2017. Hayes was found guilty by a unanimous verdict and Hogan by a 10-to-two majority. The proceedings were reported on 17 May 2017.

The murder took place at a house party in The Grove, Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, on 30 April 2015. According to Hayes’s statements to gardaí, he took a kitchen knife and repeatedly stabbed Murphy. The prosecution case was that Hogan was involved in a joint enterprise with Hayes to murder him.