Mayo youth jailed for five years for manslaughter

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A Mayo youth was jailed for five years for manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 10 June 2020. He was convicted after killing 17-year-old Dovydas Jenkas in Castlebar, Co Mayo, in December 2015.

The judge set a nine-year headline sentence, reduced to six years because of his age and subsequent conduct, with the final year suspended. He had been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.