Murder appeal sees killer get 11 years

A Limerick man whose conviction for murder was quashed following an appeal was yesterday sentenced to 11 years, with three suspended, for manslaughter.

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.