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    Joseph Butler jailed for 10 years for manslaughter of Paula Canty in Mallow, Co Cork

    Manslaughter · Cork

    Victim: Paula Canty, Irish woman, 31 (judged from name)Paula CantySuspect: Joseph Butler, Irish man, 43 (judged from name)Joseph Butler

    Joseph Butler, 43, was charged with the murder of Paula Canty, 31, after a stabbing at their shared apartment in Mallow, Co Cork, in the early hours of January 3, 2025, following a night of socialising and drinking at different houses. Canty, a mother of two in a relationship with Butler's brother Michael John Butler, died at the scene from a single stab wound to the chest. The DPP accepted Butler's plea of guilty to manslaughter. On October 16, 2026, Judge Eileen Creedon in the Central Criminal Court in Cork sentenced him to 12 years' imprisonment with the last two years suspended, conditional on keeping the peace and being of good behaviour.

    Sentenced16 Oct

    2 reports from irishtimes.com