Man convicted of manslaughter born to drug addicts

A man who was convicted of manslaughter was taken from his drug-addicted mother as a baby and suffered the death of both his foster parents as a child, the Central Criminal Court heard yesterday.

Ross Allen, aged 26, from Clara, Co Offaly, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter last June for his part in the killing of Christy Daly at Bog Lane in Clara. He will be sentenced on July 27.

At a sentencing hearing yesterday, Detective Sergeant Jer Glavin told Patrick Marrinan, prosecuting, that Mr Daly was beaten and shot to death on December 29, 2013. He said the drug gang that Allen worked for suspected Mr Daly had found a bag of cannabis belonging to them.