Cork man 'deserves no pity and no leniency', daughter of 'gentle soul' killed in hospital tells court

Dylan Magee will be sentenced on April 17 for killing 88-year-old Matthew Healy in Mercy University Hospital
Dylan Magee (pictured) was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility for the killing in Mercy University Hospital of Matthew Healy. Picture:: Dan Linehan

Dylan Magee (pictured) was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility for the killing in Mercy University Hospital of Matthew Healy. Picture:: Dan Linehan

A daughter has said she will "never accept" that a man who punched her 88-year-old father to death while hallucinating "was not responsible for his actions".

Dylan Magee, aged 33, was found not guilty of murdering Matthew Healy at Cork's Mercy University Hospital on January 22, 2023 but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.

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