Kenneth Cummins jailed for life for murder in Ringsend

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Kenneth Cummins was jailed for life for murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 25 May 2016.

He murdered Thomas Horan at Cambridge Court, Ringsend, on 6 January 2014. Cummins had pleaded guilty after initially denying the charge, and Judge Tony Hunt imposed the life sentence, backdated to 8 January 2014. The judge said Mr Horan had suffered a prolonged death and that Cummins had properly pleaded guilty.