Exclusive: Cash was handed down three ‘life’ sentences, that are to run at the same time - and John Whelan said his family's plight was similar to the horror case
The brother of slain mother Sharon Whelan has hit out at the sentencing of triple killer Andy Cash saying: “two lives have been ignored.”
“Absolutely this case has affected me. I was talking to my family about it and we were discussing the similarities and just how our hearts go out to that family, knowing what they have to go through,” he said. “We know exactly what they are feeling. We have that shared experience so we know what the road is like and what’s still ahead of them.”
John believes that the law should recognise more heinous crimes like the one committed by Hennessy and Cash - and impose a ‘whole life’ sentence, similar to the one used for such offences in the UK. “We met the board and the individual that we met could not have been more welcoming and wonderful to sit down and have a conversation with. I said to them from the start we should not be here today,” John explained.
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