Josh Turner jailed for murder; Cluskey guilty of manslaughter

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Josh Turner was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder at the Central Criminal Court on 27 February 2017. Christopher Nevin was killed during a dispute over a pedigree chihuahua in Navan on 19 November 2015.

Wayne Cluskey was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter for his part in Nevin’s death. Judge Patrick McCarthy postponed Cluskey’s sentencing until the following Monday.

The court heard that Turner struck Nevin with an axe, while Cluskey used a hatchet during the attack.