Man loses appeal on severity of sentence for killing mother

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by a Limerick man against the severity of the life sentence he received for the manslaughter of his mother.

Yesterday the court held that the imposition of the life sentence on Damien Donnan was correct given the “extreme circumstances” of the case.

In 2002, Donnan, aged 26, of De Valera Park, Limerick, had been found guilty of the manslaughter of his mother, Jennifer Donnan, in April 2000.