Saturday 31 October 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Case No. 19339Assault

Mentally ill prisoner jailed for strangling cellmate

A mentally ill prisoner strangled his cellmate in what the extra.ie headline calls a savage attack. The sources do not give the location, the date of the attack, the names or ages of either man, or the sentence length. The only available source is the headline of a report dated 27 October 2023, with the article body missing. That report says the prisoner was jailed for the attack.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced27 Oct
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • A mentally ill prisoner strangled his cellmate, according to the headline.
  • The headline describes the attack as savage.
Other details
  • The victim is a cellmate who is not named in the sources.
  • Only the headline of the extra.ie report was available, because the article body was missing.
Where
No location for the attack is given in the supplied text.
When
The report is dated 27 October 2023, and the date of the attack is not given.
In court
The headline says the prisoner was jailed.
Sentence
The length and terms of the sentence are not stated.
1 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA mentally ill prisoner strangled his cellmate. (extra.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 27 Oct2023
    Sentencedextra.ie, first report
    Mentally Ill Prisoner Who Strangled Cellmate In 'Savage' Attack Jailed

    Only the headline is available; the article body is missing from the supplied text, so the location, date and sentence are not given.

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