Trauma and grief caused by domestic homicides are for life, according to a new study and support for the bereaved should too be for life, writes Cormac O Keeffe
Brian Hennessy
Postman Hennessy was handed three consecutive life terms after being convicted of all three murders in 2009, but the sentences were softened to run concurrently following a successful appeal.
In the wake of the appeal, Sharon’s bother John set up the Sentencing and Victim Equality (SAVE) group.
The group campaigns for a minimum tariff on life sentences before a murderer can be paroled and for convicted murderers to be automatically placed on the sex offenders’ list if there is a sexual element to the crime.
Speaking with the Sunday World in the lead up to this year’s anniversary, John told us: “I made a promise to Sharon and the children the day his (Hennessy’s) sentences were adjusted in the Court of Appeal to allow him serve all three life sentences at once.