Doorman has nine-year term for manslaughter of publican John Kenny reduced on appeal

Marian Lingurar Jnr was 16 when Mr Kenny, 56, was badly beaten, tied up, and left to die alone in his public house

In a judgment delivered on Friday by the president of the Court of Appeal, the sentence imposed in May 2019 was quashed.

Marian Lingurar Jnr was 16 when publican John Kenny, 56, was badly beaten, tied up, and left to die alone on the floor of the ladies’ toilet in his public house, Kenny’s pub in Oughterard, Co Galway, by a gang of men on September 25, 2011. Lingurar Jnr, who was “physically mature beyond his years”, did not take part in the restraint or assault of Mr Kenny.

During the attack, Mr Kenny had sustained severe injuries to his upper body, consistent with blows from a heavy object and with kicks and punches. His hands had been tied behind his back and a jacket wound tightly around his face and head.