McManus found guilty of Melissa Mahon manslaughter

A 44 year-old Sligo man has been found not guilty of the murder of 14 year-old Melissa Mahon, but guilty of her manslaughter.

A jury of six men and six women took nearly five and a half hours over three days to reach the verdict. Ronald McManus, also known as Ronnie Dunbar, was also found not guilty of threatening to kill one of his daughters – Samantha Conroy, a key prosecution witness.