Farmer jailed after neighbour’s death in land row

A FARMER was sentenced to jail while his son and nephew got fully suspended sentences in a case where a man died after being assaulted in a long-running dispute over land boundaries.

Farmer jailed after neighbour’s death in land row

Connie O’Sullivan, his son Finbarr O’Sullivan and nephew Thomas Byrne, pleaded guilty to assaulting John Twomey, 65, on August 19, 2008.

Yesterday, Judge Patrick J Moran imposed a three-year jail sentence, to commence on December 1 with the last 18 months suspended, on Connie O’Sullivan, whom he described as the ring leader. Finbarr O’Sullivan and Thomas Byrne, were given two-year sentences, suspended entirely.

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