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Court of Appeal cut Scott's manslaughter sentence by 18 months to four years and six months.

Court of Appeal reduced Scott's sentence by 18 months to four years and six months, backdated to June 12, 2023. The article adds the appeal reasoning, the aggravating factors, the mitigating factors and the background dispute over land.

Court of Appeal reduced Scott's sentence by 18 months to four years and six months, backdated to 12 June 2023. The article gives details of the appeal arguments, the aggravating and mitigating factors, and background to the land dispute.

Court of Appeal quashed the six-year sentence and imposed four years and six months, backdated to 12 June 2023.

Reports the trial court's six-year sentence, the judge's reasons, and the jury's verdict of manslaughter instead of murder. Matches the existing case on the same incident and people.

Reports the six-year prison sentence for Michael Scott over the death of his aunt. The article body is unreadable template code, so only the headline is available.

Reports the Central Criminal Court sentence of six years (headline eight years, reduced for mitigation), the judge's remarks on Scott's lies to gardaí and remorse, and details of the land dispute and lease. Same incident and accused as existing case 4431.

Reports the sentence of six years' imprisonment, after a headline sentence of eight years, and the judge's comments on culpability, lies told to gardaí, and remorse. Adds no new charge beyond the jury's manslaughter verdict.

Reports the six-year prison sentence imposed by Ms Justice Caroline Biggs, the judge's reasons for sentence, and a victim impact statement from Chrissie Treacy's friend Regina Donohue.

Reports the sentencing hearing, victim impact statement and prosecution and defence submissions on the headline sentence, and that Scott was remanded in custody until sentence on June 26th. Adds that he was acquitted of murder and has no previous convictions.

Provides details of evidence excluded as hearsay (Treacy's fears for her life), the land dispute background, witness accounts of the scene, Scott's impaired vision, and both closing addresses.

Reports the verdict: acquitted of murder, guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. Provides detailed trial evidence including witness testimony, expert engineering evidence on the teleporter, Scott's garda interviews, the land dispute background, and the judge's comments on the jury's burden and Scott's conduct in court.

Post-verdict analysis of what the jury did not hear, including inadmissible hearsay about Treacy blaming Scott for dog Bradley's disappearance, the judge's ruling on witness testimony, and an in-court incident where Scott insulted witness Regina Donohue, drawing a sharp rebuke from Ms Justice Caroline Biggs.

Reports the jury verdict of 30 March 2023: Scott cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence. Adds the prosecution's case that he deliberately ran her over over a land dispute and the defence's accident argument.

Reports the jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court: not guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter. Provides trial detail including the prosecution case of deliberate reversal following a land dispute, the defence of tragic accident, the judge's direction to the jury, and the sentencing date of 12 June 2023.

Reports the jury verdict: not guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter; sentencing set for 12 June 2023; details of trial evidence including the land dispute, Scott's account of the incident, and the jury's deliberation time.

Article reports the guilty verdict in a manslaughter case involving a farmer who drove over his aunt with a teleporter. The article text is largely website template code with minimal detail beyond the headline.

Reports the jury verdict of not guilty of murder and guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after just under 15 hours of deliberation; sentencing set for 12 June; details the land dispute, the disappearance of Treacy's dog Bradley, and Scott's outburst calling witness Regina Donohue a 'c**t' in court.

Reports on jury deliberations during the trial, including the judge's instruction that a 10-of-12 majority verdict is acceptable, the prosecution case of deliberate reversal over the victim following a land dispute, and the defence argument of a tragic accident.

Reports that the jury was still deliberating on 28 March 2023, set to return for a fourth day of deliberations, and details Judge Caroline Biggs' directions to the jury on the standards of proof for murder (intent to kill or cause serious injury) and manslaughter (grossly negligent driving).

Reports that the jury in the murder trial of a farmer accused of killing his aunt is 'nowhere near' a majority verdict.

Reports on jury deliberations during the trial: the judge told the jury a unanimous verdict is required at this stage, outlined the legal principles for murder and manslaughter, and the jury was set to return to court the following day after four hours and 17 minutes of deliberation.

Jury deliberations began on 24 March 2023; three of the original 15 jurors were discharged, leaving 12. Judge Caroline Biggs spent three days directing the jury on the evidence and legal principles, including the requirement of intent to kill or cause serious injury for murder and the alternative of manslaughter by gross negligence.

Details of closing speeches at the Central Criminal Court trial: prosecution barrister Dean Kelly SC argued a deliberate act of murder out of entitlement and revenge, citing geometric precision of the teleporter's path and prior threats; defence counsel Paul Greene SC argued the death was accidental and the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. Ms Justice Caroline Biggs to deliver charge to a 15-person jury.

Trial evidence from accident investigator John Hayes on visibility from the teleporter, the nature of injuries to Chrissie Treacy's left arm, and a reconstruction of the scene; cross-examination ongoing before Justice Caroline Biggs.

Trial evidence: Garda O'Connor retracted his report's claim that an experienced operator could prevent the teleporter rolling by leaving it in gear; defence and prosecution positions outlined; land dispute background and civil partition proceedings detailed.

Trial evidence from Michael Scott's testimony covering his immediate actions after the incident, his account of not calling an ambulance, his friend Francis Hardiman's response, and his denial of deliberately running over his aunt following a land dispute.

Reports testimony from collision investigator Det Garda Eoin O'Connor at the Central Criminal Court trial, covering sightline analysis, yard slope, speed in second gear, blind spots, tyre marks on the body, and the impossibility of the teleporter rolling over a trailer hitch 48cm above ground.

Reports trial evidence on sight-line analysis, the teleporter's visibility characteristics, Scott's own account in a voluntary interview, an optometrist's findings on his vision, and background on the land dispute with Ms Treacy.

Trial testimony from agricultural consultant Declan McHugh detailing the land dispute, the letter posted 26 April 2018, the financial implications of potential loss of 110 acres, and the history of conflict between Scott and Treacy over farm payments and the Kiltormer land.

Trial testimony from solicitor Brendan Hyland describing the year-long land dispute, threats, intimidation and correspondence between Michael Scott and Chrissie Treacy, including letters to gardaí, a new will leaving everything to Regina Donohue, and partition proceedings. Evidence continues before Ms Justice Caroline Biggs and a jury of seven men and eight women.

The article body consists entirely of website template code with no substantive content beyond the headline, which states the farmer is on trial for murder after driving over his aunt and had an 'almost childlike' obsession with land.

Trial evidence on Scott's vision (left eye 6/6, right eye 6/38, brain ignoring weak eye), testimony from optometrist Trina Staunton, land-tenant Kenneth Power describing fence damage and a phone call from Scott, James Egan describing the oil tap found almost closed at Treacy's home, and Wade O'Meara describing a bearded man at the February 2018 alarm installation. Trial before Ms Justice Caroline Biggs.

Trial testimony from witnesses Robin Deasy and Sgt Gerard Cleary detailing Scott's fixation on land, his interactions with his aunt in the weeks before her death, and the long-running land dispute at Derryhiney.

Trial evidence detailing HSE safeguarding referrals, welfare concerns raised by care providers and neighbours over the year before Chrissie Treacy's death, and the formal notification to An Garda Síochána in March 2018.

Adds testimony from care workers Susan Keane and Caitriona Starr about welfare concerns raised with Family Carers Ireland, the disappearance of Treacy's dog Bradley in February 2018, observed arguments between Scott and Treacy over land, and Treacy's activities in the final hours before her death. Confirms the trial is before Ms Justice Caroline Biggs with a jury of 15.

Describes detailed testimony from Sgt Gerard Cleary and Det Sgt Paul Duane about the condition of the body, wheel marks, flesh on the teleporter tyre, and Scott's statements at the scene, including his claim he did not know the emergency number.

Trial testimony from first responding garda describing scene observations, wheel marks on the victim's body, flesh on the teleporter tyre, and the accused's statements at the scene.

Reports testimony from Sgt Gerard Cleary, the first garda at the scene, describing the injuries to Ms Treacy, Scott's demeanor and account of events, the prosecution's case of deliberate killing, and the defence's claim of a tragic accident.

Reports testimony from friend Regina Donohue about the months of difficulties before Treacy's death and from vet Gerard Lahart who was at the farm on the day of the incident; trial ongoing before Ms Justice Caroline Biggs.

Trial adjourned for two weeks after defence barrister Mícheál P O'Higgins SC was nominated to the High Court bench; jury agreed to remain available until 31 May; trial to resume 7 February 2023 with jury required from 9 February.

Trial adjourned for two weeks after the defence's lead counsel was nominated to the High Court bench; the jury agreed to remain available until May 31; the trial will resume on 7 February 2023 with the jury required from 9 February.

Reports the adjournment of the murder trial due to the defence barrister's judicial nomination, details the prosecution and defence cases, the jury composition, and the resumption date.

Reports on trial testimony at the Central Criminal Court, including witness Francis Hardiman's account of finding Scott with a shotgun and Garda Geraldine Doheny's description of scene photographs, as well as the judge's direction to the jury on the elements of murder.

Court report from the trial: testimony of neighbour/cousin Francis Hardiman describing the scene and Scott's reaction, photo evidence from Garda Doheny and Det Sgt Conway, and the judge's direction to the jury on the elements of murder.

Article body consists largely of website template code; only the headline provides substantive information about the case.

Trial testimony from witness Francis Hardiman describing Scott's hysterical state and his grabbing of a shotgun after the incident, and from Garda Geraldine Doheny and Det Sgt David Conway describing the scene and tyre impressions. Judge Caroline Biggs directed the jury on the legal principles for murder, including the presumption of innocence and the prosecution's burden of proof.

Reports on trial proceedings where the jury was shown scene photographs and the deceased's clothing with tyre impressions; prosecution alleges deliberate killing, defence says tragic accident; judge outlined legal principles for the jury.

Reports the opening of the trial at the Central Criminal Court, with prosecution counsel Dean Kelly SC outlining the case that Scott deliberately drove over Treacy in a JCB tractor during a land dispute, and details of the 15-person jury sworn in by Ms Justice Caroline Biggs.

Reports the opening of the trial, the prosecution's case that Scott deliberately drove over Treacy with a JCB teleporter due to a land dispute, the 50/50 land ownership arrangement, the deterioration of their relationship, and details of the jury and trial judge.