Cork man to be sentenced next week for killing elderly hospital patient

88-year-old Matthew Healy was killed in January 2023 at Mercy University Hospital

Dylan Magee (pictured) was found not guilty of murder but guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Picture: Dan Linehan

Sentencing of a 33-year-old hospital patient who punched an 88-year-old patient to death at Mercy University Hospital will go ahead on March 27, it emerged on Thursday as it was confirmed that the pre-sentencing probation report would be available.

Defence senior counsel Brendan Grehan confirmed that the probation report would be available at the Central Criminal Court in Cork next Friday.