Image: Leah Farrell/RN Image: Leah Farrell/RN A TEENAGE BOY who was “clearly threatening violence” when he brandished a knife outside a house party in Cork city where 20-year-old college student Cameron Blair was murdered has been jailed for two years.
He said the actions by O’Connor were “entirely unprovoked” and directed towards people who had shown him and his two companions “hospitality” during the evening. “The purpose was to threaten and intimidate students at the house,” he remarked. Referring to “the utter senselessness” and “indescribable tragedy” of Cameron’s death, the judge said he would like to extend his sincere condolences to his family and friends on “the tragic and irreplaceable loss of a fine young man”.
The court heard during last month’s sentence hearing that the now 19-year-old accused had pulled up his top, revealing his waistband, when his 14-year-old friend told him: “Give it to me, I’ll shank one of them.” #Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to youCameron was a native of Ballinascarthy in west Cork and a second-year chemical engineering student at Cork Institute of Technology . He died at Cork University Hospital on 16 January 2020 after being stabbed in the neck while attending a student party at a house in Cork city. Another juvenile has already pleaded guilty to his murder.
Crazy ridiculous sentence!!!!!!!!😡😡😡
2 years!!!! It’s a joke