Killer who chased group of youths in Cork with knife arrives for sentencing in wheelchair

Anthony Leahy was found guilty in 2013 of the manslaughter of Jonathan Daly. The manslaughter also involved a knife.

Judge Boyle has imposed a four-year sentence on Anthony Leahy, suspended on the condition that he keeps the peace for the next four years and engages with his psychiatrist and GP. File picture: Larry Cummins

A convicted killer who armed himself with a knife by forcing his way into the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant in Skibbereen and later ran after a group of young people in the town came to court for sentencing in a wheelchair.

Judge Helen Boyle was told that since the last adjournment of sentencing, Anthony Leahy had fallen out of a third-floor window of a building and had caused very serious injuries to his legs. Sentencing was adjourned a number of times in relation to the knife incident in Skibbereen more than three years ago.