Sentencing brings back harrowing memories for another bereaved mother

“NO words I say will console those parents,” said grieving mother Annette Wall. She was expressing sympathy for Majella and Mark Holohan after the killer of their son Robert was jailed for four years yesterday.

Fourteen years earlier, Ms Wall recalled, the killer of her 18-year-old son served seven months of a four-year sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

Ms Wall wept as she told her story on Joe Duffy's RTÉ Liveline programme, which focused on the Robert Holohan case.