Padraig Nally: ‘I fear for safety 10 years after shooting’

Padraig Nally still fears for his safety more than a decade after killing a man for trespassing on his property.

The Mayo farmer was the centre of a national debate on the right to defend one’s property after he shot dead John Ward for trespassing on his land. Mr Nally, 70, said he had acted in self-defence at all times.

Following a trial in 2005, Mr Nally was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter. It was the first murder trial in Mayo in nearly a century.