Guilty of manslaughter of Waterford fisherman

Kerrie is a scumbag as are the entire family by all accounts. They tried to cover up what really happened that night too. Kitchen knife in his bedroom? Nah. That was produced at some stage to cause damage. He was tried twice for murdered and has literally gotten away with it. He'll be out soon destroying Dunmore again.

I posted the jury instructions earlier. The ones actually given by the judge. What you posted does not match them. What was that about facts?

Where the kitchen knife was or wasn't is moot. It's his home, he is entitled to have kitchen knives in every single room in the house if he wants. He isn't entitled to walk around in public with one concealed though.

In the Martin Keenan case he stabbed the man to death multiple times with half a garden shears. Hardly a household item.

Also in that case it is worth pointing out that Keenan was not physically assaulted, but the act of Burglary had previous been ruled as an act of violence in itself.

 But we'll never know for sure given the bias/drunkenness of the witnesses

The lad who didn't help his friend who was dying in the street but went to the fathers house to get golf clubs to smash up the rest of the windows in Dean Kerries house?

Now granted he had been drinking all day and he is obviously a pissed / drugged up scumbag. But it was slightly rich of the prosecution to bemoan Kerries mother for not helping the deceased, she should have ran to the rescue as her own house was still being under the attack by the states key witness. 😏

Completely moot.

As the Judge said in sentencing the knife wasn't concealed and it wasn't like this altercation took place on the street, although as we have seen from a previous case this wouldn't rule out a lawful killing in a self defence case.

But could you answer question, in the Keenan case he defended himself with half a garden shears, was that for peeling spuds?

Again completely moot, whether he stabbed him with a kitchen knife, half a gardening tool or beat him death with a golf club.

Also Spoofing would be basing your opinion on this case and law in general from information on Facebook. 😂

Because the DPP twice went for a charge of murder. Which given the facts of the case was over reach.

He said Kerrie's case was different to one where a person carries a concealed knife in public and the defendant’s case therefore attracts a lesser sentence. Kerrie did not instigate the attack and could not have expected it. He was at home when, "without warning" he was attacked by Mr Power who had thrown a large rock through a front window of the house and unlawfully entered

Again, not my opinion. 🤷‍♂️

But again, as referenced by the other case carrying a concealed knife in public doesn't mean an acquittal can't be achieved under self defence laws.

Now I notice you never actually answer a question.

So if you could give this one a go, in your own time please.

But could you answer question, in the Keenan case he defended himself with half a garden shears, was that for peeling spuds?

He wasn't convicted of murder, so there was no murder weapon. 😕

Again

He said Kerrie's case was different to one where a person carries a concealed knife in public and the defendant’s case therefore attracts a lesser sentence. Kerrie did not instigate the attack and could not have expected it. He was at home when, "without warning" he was attacked by Mr Power who had thrown a large rock through a front window of the house and unlawfully entered

The attack, according to the judge was not expected.

It doesn't matter if he had a kitchen knife, a Japanese saw, a chainsaw, box cutter, a set of golf clubs or half a garden shears.

None of those things are unlawful to have in a home, it is not a crime to store a kitchen knife in any other room in ones house.

I don't know anything about the Keenan case unfortunately, so cannot really comment on it.

The prosecution in that case argued that no lawful person would have half a garden shears in their home.

Guess what, it was moot.

You are completely missing the point, he does not have to answer for the knife, because as evidenced by the Keenans case its moot. It was a poor attempt to pin a murder conviction on him (twice) which was never credible to begin with.

Knowing what we know we cannot say for certain that the attack was unexpected. And given he had no answer for the strange placement of the knife, I believe that is a little suspect.

No one has claimed that, not the Prosecution or the Judge.

That is just a figment of your imagination, which TBH I have zero interest in debating.

You may be legally allowed to keep kitchen knives wherever you want, but to call it moot in a case with a person dead from said knife is not quite right. The fact he couldn't answer why it was there gives it reason to be questioned. For a long while, I had a set of Tanto, Wakizashi and Katana on display in my sittingroom. I can say there are there for ornamental purposes. He couldn't reply why there was a kitchen knife in his bedroom, regardless of being allowed to have one there or not. It's entitled and must be questioned when that was the weapon used.

If he had replied "I saw him coming and put it in my room just in case" it would have had a massive impact. If he has said "I was using it to cut chord" or something, there wouldn't be much more questions. But it definitely deserves to be considered when there was no reason given. It forms part of the investigation/file, regardless of the legality of it being in the room.

I still think it's a bit severe, but we just can't say for certain without the evidence of which we are not privvy. I just find it strange that he would get such a large conviction for what is being described as self defence if there weren't other things at play. We may never know, unless there's a contest to the severity of the conviction and a higher court case. Which I also imagine will happen.