HSE to review Melissa case after verdict

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) is to review the case of 14-year-old Melissa Mahon following the conviction of a 44-year-old Sligo man for her manslaughter.

Ronald McManus, also known as Ronnie Dunbar, was also found not guilty of threatening to kill his daughter by the jury of six men and six women at the Central Criminal Court.

Melissa went missing from the care of the HSE on September 14, 2006. Her skeletal remains were found by gardaí on the shore of Lough Gill in February 2008 after the accused man’s daughter spoke to gardaí.