Ireland Named in reporting
Simon McGinley
Born between October 1983 and October 1984, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 14 Oct 2022 to 14 Oct 2022
Other people with this name: born 1973 (3 cases), born between July 1998 and July 1999 (1 case)
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between October 1983 and October 1984, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Murder
- Where
- Co. Sligo
- Reporting
- 1 report, 14 Oct 2022 to 14 Oct 2022
- Outlets
- leitrimobserver.ie
Cases
latest first- Sligo murder conviction upheld after appeal dismissed Murder · Co. Sligo
Eugene Gillespie, a 67-year-old retired telecoms broker, was assaulted at his home in Old Market Street, Sligo, on 19 September 2012 and found tied up in the hallway two days later, dying in hospital the following day from cardiac arrest. Simon McGinley, a 38-year-old man, pleaded not guilty to murder and admitted manslaughter, but the State rejected the plea and a jury unanimously convicted him of murder in April 2014. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and subsequently lost appeals against both his conviction and sentence. The Court of Appeal dismissed his latest appeal, based on new psychiatric evidence of possible schizophrenia at the time of the offence, on 14 October 2022.
In court, 14 Oct 2022Convicted · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Simon McGinley, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 14 Oct2022Sligo man fails in a bid to have murder conviction quashedconvicted, Simon McGinley, 38, male, named, irish (judged from name)Simon McGinley
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