Family furious at seven years for knife killer

THE family of a man stabbed to death in front of the mother of his unborn baby have expressed their disgust at the seven-year jail term handed to his killer, in spite of his background of knife crime.

Daniel McCormack, aged 23, of Kenure Park, Rush, Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty of the manslaughter of James Joyce, aged 20, near his home at St Cronan’s Close, Swords, Dublin, on July 22, 2010.

A jury acquitted him of murdering Mr Joyce but convicted him of manslaughter following a trial in October.