Padraig Delaney sentenced to life for Shane Knott’s murder

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Padraig Delaney pleaded not guilty to murdering Shane Knott at his home in Naas between April 3 and 14, 2024. A jury at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Tullamore, found Delaney guilty, rejecting his claim of self-defence.

Mr Justice Paul Burns sentenced Delaney to life imprisonment. The judge described Delaney’s self-defence account as a fabrication rejected by the jury, and said the killing was brutal and the treatment of Knott’s body callous and disrespectful.