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Uncle who stabbed 11-year-old nephew 27 times in gruesome murder jailed for life
The court heard that the boy s mother believed his uncle was obsessed with her son
The Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin, Ireland (Image: Getty)
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Man (28) sentenced to life in prison for murder of boy (11) Mother of dead boy calls on Minister to change law which prevents child murder victims being identified
Mon, Feb 1, 2021, 16:18 Updated: Mon, Feb 1, 2021, 18:49 Eoin Reyolds
Mr Justice Michael White described the murder as a ‘horrific breach of trust’ and an ‘unspeakably violent crime’. Photograph: Collins Courts
A “special, loving boy who touched the hearts of everyone who ever met him” was horrifically murdered by his uncle, a man he trusted, the Central Criminal Court heard on Monday.
A sentence hearing for the 28-year-old, who pleaded guilty last month to murdering the 11-year-old in the south-west of the country on November 3rd 2019, heard that the boy was struck with a hammer and stabbed 27 times in the torso, arms and neck.