Michael Maughan sentenced to 15 years for machete attack on family

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Michael Maughan was sentenced to 15 years in prison after attacking members of a Castlebar family, including an 11-year-old, with a machete. The attack took place in November 2013 at the family’s caravan on Turlough Road, Castlebar.

At Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Rory MacCabe described the violence as deliberate and premeditated. The report says Maughan entered the caravan wearing a balaclava with another armed man, and that the father identified him after his mask was removed as Maughan tried to escape.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.