Ireland Named in reporting
Willie Lynch
3 reports across 1 case, 11 Oct 2021 to 13 Oct 2021
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Murder
- Where
- Co. Limerick
- Reporting
- 3 reports, 11 Oct 2021 to 13 Oct 2021
- Outlets
- limerickpost.ie, limerickleader.ie, irishtimes.com
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to life for murdering brother in Limerick Murder · Co. Limerick
Gerard Lynch, a 34-year-old man, stabbed his brother Willie Lynch with a bread knife at their shared home on Main Street, Pallaskenry, Limerick, at about 4.20pm on 30 December 2017. Lynch had taken alcohol and drugs before the attack and was arrested later that day after going to another man's home. He pleaded guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court in May 2021. In October 2021, Mr Justice Paul McDermott sentenced him to the mandatory life sentence, backdated to 2017.
Sentenced, 11 Oct 2021Victim · 3 reports
Timeline
every report naming Willie Lynch, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 13 Oct2021Life sentence for murdering brothervictim, Willie, male, irish (judged from name)Willie
- 11 Oct2021Limerick man jailed for murdering his brother with bread knifevictim, Willie Lynch, male, irish (judged from name)Willie Lynch
- 11 Oct2021Limerick man who murdered brother given life sentencevictim, Willie Lynch, male, irish (judged from name)Willie Lynch
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