John McClean, already serving a lengthy prison term for the abuse of dozens of boys, has been found guilty once more—this time for sexually abusing four additional teenagers. Despite the new convictions, the 80-year-old will not serve any extra time behind bars due to a prior ruling that capped his sentence. McClean, once a respected teacher and rugby coach at …
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A father from County Armagh has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for the murder of his infant son, who suffered severe brain injuries. The 29-year-old man was convicted of causing “catastrophic” harm to the child, who was just 13 weeks old when he was first hospitalized in November 2015. The baby, identified as Lewis Oliver Rowland, …
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A 42-year-old man has been given a life sentence in connection with the murder of a man at a hostel in Dublin two years ago. Robert Murphy of the Harrington Street Hostel, Dublin, stabbed the victim, Jamie Kavanagh, on April 19, 2023, after an altercation began in the kitchen area. Although Murphy pleaded to manslaughter, a jury convicted him of …
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