Ian Connaghan jailed for manslaughter at Central Criminal Court

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Ian Connaghan was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment, with the final year suspended for three years, for manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court on 4 December 2023.

The jury had found Connaghan not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter; the sentence followed his conviction for Michael ‘Mick’ Mulvey’s death after an attack on the Navan Road in Dublin in November 2019.

The judge set an 11-year headline sentence, reduced it by two years in mitigation, and suspended the final year for rehabilitation. The jury was not satisfied Connaghan had the intent required for murder.