Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Born

1985, from the ages reported

Offences

Manslaughter

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

9 reports, 27 Jul 2023 to 27 Oct 2023

Outlets

irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie, dundalkdemocrat.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, rte.ie, irishmirror.ie

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• Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison Manslaughter · Co. Dublin

  Michael Connolly, 55, scalded his cellmate Mark Lawlor, 37, with hot water from a borrowed kettle before strangling him at Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, on the night of 22 November 2019 into the early hours of 23 November. Lawlor was pronounced dead at 12.55am. Connolly, originally from County Louth and diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity. In August 2023, a jury at the Central Criminal Court found him not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility by a 10-2 majority. In October 2023, Ms Justice Siobhán Lankford sentenced him to 12 years' imprisonment, with two years suspended for five years.

  Sentenced, 27 Oct 2023Victim · 9 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 27 Oct2023
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison

   Mentally ill prisoner who strangled cellmate is jailed for 10 years

   victim, Mark Lawlor, 38, male, irish (judged from name)Mark Lawlor♂38IE
2. 27 Oct2023
   Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison

   Mentally ill prisoner who strangled cellmate jailed for ten years

   victim, Mark Lawlor, 38, male, irish (judged from name)Mark Lawlor♂38IE
3. 2 Aug2023
   Convicteddundalkdemocrat.ie, in Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison

   Louth Prisoner who strangled cellmate found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility

   victim, Mark Lawlor, 37, male, irish (judged from name)Mark Lawlor♂37IE
4. 2 Aug2023
   Convictedleinsterexpress.ie, in Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison

   Prisoner who killed cellmate guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

   victim, Mark Lawlor, 37, male, irish (judged from name)Mark Lawlor♂37IE
5. 1 Aug2023
   Convictedthejournal.ie, in Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison

   Prisoner who strangled cellmate found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility

   victim, Mark Lawlor, 37, irish (judged from name)Mark Lawlor37IE
6. 1 Aug2023
   Convictedirishtimes.com, in Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison

   Man found guilty of cellmate’s manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

   victim, Mark Lawlor, 37, male, irish (judged from name)Mark Lawlor♂37IE
7. 1 Aug2023
   Convictedrte.ie, in Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison

   Prisoner found guilty of manslaughter of cellmate

   victim, Mark Lawlor, 37, male, irish (judged from name)Mark Lawlor♂37IE
8. 27 Jul2023
   In courtirishtimes.com, in Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison

   Man believed there was a ‘homosexual conspiracy’ in prison when he killed cellmate, trial told

   victim, Mark Lawlor, 37, male, irish (judged from name)Mark Lawlor♂37IE
9. 27 Jul2023
   In courtirishmirror.ie, in Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter at Cloverhill Prison

   Man accused of prison murder believed there was 'homosexual conspiracy'

   victim, Mark Lawlor, 37, male, irish (judged from name)Mark Lawlor♂37IE

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