Killer to be sentenced after murder term quashed

A Limerick man whose conviction for murder was quashed following a successful appeal will be sentenced for manslaughter next week at the Central Criminal Court.

Killer to be sentenced after murder term quashed
Tue, 06 Oct, 2015 - 01:00
Alison O’Riordan

Kevin Coughlan, aged 33, with a last address at Avondale Drive, Greystones, Limerick, had pleaded not guilty to murdering Francis Greene at Steamboat Quay in Limerick between November 28 and 29, 2009.

He was found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court and given the mandatory life sentence by Mr Justice Patrick J McCarthy on December 22, 2011.

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