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13/03/2013
Seven Year Jail Term For Manslaughter
Maura Thornton has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the manslaughter of her former partner in July 2011.
Thornton, from Inverin in Connemara, was found guilty of stabbing Kevin Joyce 18 times when he appeared uninvited outside her apartment in Salthill, Galway, almost two-years ago.
Despite the victims family asking the court to give Ms Thornton the chance to change her life, Mr Justice Barry White said the killing was a serious offence which, coming before the courts all too frequently.
Ms Thornton had been in a relationship with Mr Joyce but after they broke up, he kept phoning her and arriving uninvited at her apartment.
The final three years of Ms Thornton’s sentence were suspended.
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Thornton, from Inverin in Connemara, was found guilty of stabbing Kevin Joyce 18 times when he appeared uninvited outside her apartment in Salthill, Galway, almost two-years ago.
Despite the victims family asking the court to give Ms Thornton the chance to change her life, Mr Justice Barry White said the killing was a serious offence which, coming before the courts all too frequently.
Ms Thornton had been in a relationship with Mr Joyce but after they broke up, he kept phoning her and arriving uninvited at her apartment.
The final three years of Ms Thornton’s sentence were suspended.
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