Cork man convicted of killing elderly hospital patient has sentencing adjourned

Sentencing of Dylan Magee for the manslaughter of Matthew Healy will happen on March 27

Jury found Dylan Magee not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Picture: Dan Linehan

The 33-year-old hospital patient who punched an 88-year-old man, who was also a patient, to death, in the early hours of the morning in the room they shared at Mercy University Hospital had sentencing in his case adjourned on Monday until March 27.

A jury of eight men and four women at the Central Criminal Court in Cork last month reached a unanimous verdict, finding Dylan Magee, of 30 Churchfield Green, Cork, not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.