The Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin City. Image: Leah Farrell The Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin City. Image: Leah Farrell A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN who said he “snapped” and beat his grandfather to death after the pensioner allegedly admitted sexually abusing people has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for manslaughter.
In March, Christopher O’Callaghan, of Woodview, Pinecroft, Grange, Douglas, Co Cork pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to the manslaughter of his grandfather Joseph O’Callaghan on 2 July 2018 at Galway’s Close, Galway’s Lane in Douglas, Cork. On the night I left for work, I said my goodbyes and told Joe that I would see him in the morning. Little did I know that the following morning I would be walking into a crime scene, where I found Joe lifeless on the floor. There was blood on the wall, bedding and floor. “For a moment, I thought I was dreaming; broken door, blood on the wall, bedding and floor. I am still emotionally and psychologically scared to this day.
The judge said that the accused never set out on the morning of the Munster hurling final to kill his grandfather and it was the furthest thing from his mind. Referring to the defendant, the judge said he told gardaí that if he had realised that he had killed his grandfather he would have gone to him earlier.
The aggravating factors in the case were that he had broken into his grandfather’s house in the early hours of the morning and attacked him, when he was clearly encouraged by others to go home. The victim was in bad health with a heart condition and the accused had gone to his home in an angry state of mind, he said.
It's common knowledge he was abused by his grandfather as a child and his grand father admitted to abusing more. I don't condone murder but in certain circumstances I don't have a problem with it.
I know a guy who spent longer in prison for manslaughter when it was an accident.
Is that all? 4 and half years of food and netflix. Not a bad outcome.
That’s all he got? Fucking hell
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