Appeal court reduces killer's jail sentence

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced a Co Tipperary man's life sentence for the manslaughter of a man who was shot dead at a house party to a term of 20 years in jail.

Today the CCA ruled that Leigh Crowe was entitled to a finite term in prison because his plea of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility, which had been accepted by the DPP, had not been taken into account when the life sentence was imposed by Mr Justice Paul Carney.