Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Nationality

Irish, as stated in a report

Offences

Murder

Where

Co. Mayo

Reporting

4 reports, 16 Dec 2022 to 29 Nov 2023

Outlets

galwaybeo.ie, irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com

• Appeal dismissed in murder of baby Joshua in Ballyhaunis Murder · Co. Mayo

  Six-and-a-half-month-old Joshua Sussbier Tighe, an Irish boy, fatally choked on a ball of tissue at his father's home in Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, on 1 June 2013. His father, John Tighe, a 45-year-old Irish man from Lavallyroe, Cloonfad, Ballyhaunis, pleaded not guilty to murder, claiming he had carelessly left tissues within the baby's reach. A jury at the Central Criminal Court returned a unanimous guilty verdict on 23 March 2018, and Tighe was handed a mandatory life sentence. The Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal on 24 March 2023, upholding the conviction and sentence.

  Sentenced, 6 Jun 2023Victim · 4 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 29 Nov2023
   Sentencedgalwaybeo.ie, in Appeal dismissed in murder of baby Joshua in Ballyhaunis

   Mum of murdered Irish baby 'grateful' as community helps remember tragic tot

   victim, Joshua Suessbier, six months, male, Irish, irishJoshua Suessbier♂six monthsIE
2. 6 Jun2023
   Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Appeal dismissed in murder of baby Joshua in Ballyhaunis

   Mum of baby boy murdered by evil John Tighe tells of ongoing struggle with grief

   victim, Joshua, six and a half months, male, irish (judged from name)Joshua♂six and a half monthsIE
3. 24 Mar2023
   In courtirishtimes.com, in Appeal dismissed in murder of baby Joshua in Ballyhaunis

   Father fails in appeal to quash conviction for murder of his baby son who choked on a ball of tissue

   victim, Joshua Sussbier Tighe, six-and-a-half-month-old, male, irish (judged from name)Joshua Sussbier Tighe♂six-and-a-half-month-oldIE
4. 16 Dec2022
   In courtirishtimes.com, in Appeal dismissed in murder of baby Joshua in Ballyhaunis

   Man (45) appeals conviction for murder of his infant son who died after wad of tissue found in pharynx

   victim, Joshua Sussbier Tighe, six-and-a-half-month-old, male, irish (judged from name)Joshua Sussbier Tighe♂six-and-a-half-month-oldIE

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