Ireland Named in reporting
Richard Baitson
2 reports across 1 case, 14 Jul 2025 to 24 Jul 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Murder
- Where
- Co. Cork
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 14 Jul 2025 to 24 Jul 2025
- Outlets
- corkbeo.ie, irishmirror.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to life for sword murder in Cobh Murder · Co. Cork
Ian Baitson, a 33-year-old chef and father of two, was struck behind the left knee with a sword by Dylan Scannell, a 31-year-old tattoo artist, at the Eurospar car park on Newtown Road, Cobh, Co Cork, on the evening of 15 March 2024, and died four days later at Cork University Hospital. Scannell was arrested in Cappoquin, Co Waterford, on 22 March 2024 and charged with murder at Midleton District Court on 25 March 2024. After a week-long trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork, a jury unanimously convicted Scannell of murder on 4 June 2025. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court on 11 July 2025.
Sentenced, 11 Jul 2025Victim · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Richard Baitson, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 24 Jul2025Cobh murderer 'deserves every second' of life sentence, says victim's daughtervictim, Richard Baitson, male, irish (judged from name)Richard Baitson
- 14 Jul2025Girl, 14, whose dad was murdered in samurai sword attack blasts killervictim, Richard Baitson, male, irish (judged from name)Richard Baitson
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