Man jailed for 12 years for stabbing archaeologist

A man has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the manslaughter of archaeologist Emmett Connolly, who died after being stabbed 17 times.

Kevin Moran, aged 30, yesterday received a 12- year sentence with the final two suspended for the manslaughter of Mr Connolly, 32 on September 28, 2013.

Moran, a widowed father of three, had pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Connolly at Lodgeview, Cootehill on September 29, 2013.