Man jailed for life for murder of Jamie Kavanagh in Dublin hostel
The mother of murder victim Jamie Kavanagh has spoken of feeling like “a wound that is wide open”, as the man who told gardaí he wanted to kill her son “stone dead” was sentenced to life in prison at the Central Criminal Court.
“Burying your child is unnatural, it changes everything about you, and a violent end adds a whole other level of despair,” said Niamh McGuinness on Thursday during the sentencing of Robert Murphy (42).
Murphy had pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not guilty to the murder of 23-year-old Jamie Kavanagh at a hostel on Harrington Street, Dublin 8 on April 19th, 2023.
However, the jury deliberated for close to five hours before returning their unanimous verdict of guilty to murder on November 14th last year.
At the sentence hearing, Detective Sergeant Tim O’Sullivan gave evidence to counsel for the State, Sean Gillane SC, that in the early hours of the morning, a 999 call was made of an incident at the hostel.
Witness Carrie Benn, who had been…
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