Victim’s father criticises ‘disgraceful’ impact statement process
Peter Keaney, whose daughter Sheola was murdered in Cobh in July of 2006 by ex-boyfriend Thomas Kennedy, spoke yesterday of his shock in court when he realised the Victim Impact Statement he’d prepared would be vetted beforehand by the accused.
“The guy who killed Sheola gets to see your statement and, if they’re not happy with that, they can ask you to change it,” he recalled.