Man who stabbed his brother-in-law to death in belief his wife had cheated with him is jailed

Judge said Andrew Cash, 30, of Highrath, Clara, Co Kilkenny, had attacked his brother-in-law John Cash 'in broad daylight' on a busy street in front of his wife and had then tried to conceal the knife by burying it in rubble
Man who stabbed his brother-in-law to death in belief his wife had cheated with him is jailed

Members of the Cash family at the Criminal Courts of Justice last November when Andy Cash was found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of John Cash. Picture: Paddy Cummins

A father of three who believed his wife had cheated on him in the past with his brother-in-law has been jailed for 10 years for stabbing his relative to death in front of the victim's own wife in broad daylight.

Ms Justice Eileen Creedon on Monday passed sentence on Andrew ‘Andy’ Cash, who was found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of John Cash, 40, at Hebron Road, Kilkenny City, on May 3, 2022.

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