Jail for man who left brother for dead after clash about burnt kettle

An elderly alcoholic who left his brother to die over several days after beating him with an iron bar has received a seven-year sentence with the final three suspended today.

John Mahon (aged 61) claimed he hit his brother a few times with a 675 gramme tubular iron bar, known as a water key, to “shut him up” after a row about burning a kettle in the house they had shared since childhood.