Conor Quinn (24) was stabbed to death by Tyler ‘Tiggy’ Jackson (21) on Bridge Street in Mallow in July 2018
Tyler ‘Tiggy’ Jackson arrives at Mallow Court where he was charged with the murder of Conor Quinn in July 2018. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Cork Courts
Jackson had denied the murder of Mr Quinn on Bridge Street in Mallow on July 12th, 2018, when he was arraigned on the charge at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork but the jury of eight men and four women took just under seven hours last week to convict him by a 10-2 majority. “Conor’s death has left an endless void in our lives and in the lives of all who knew him – this void has rippled across many families, extended families and generations,” said Ms Smith as she told how Quinn was ecstatic at the prospect of becoming a father with his son born ten days after he died.
She said no one should ever have to face their grandchild asking what happened to their father and certainly no one should have to answer it the way that the Quinn family will have to do someday as they grapple with “a grief that I never want my grandchildren ever to endure.” Insp Hugh Twomey had earlier told the sentencing hearing how gardaí quickly identified Jackson as the man who stabbed Quinn but he fled to the UK and gardaí had to obtain a European Arrest Warrant to have him extradited back to Ireland where he was charged with the murder of Quinn.
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