A 55-year-old inmate suffering from mental illness who strangled his cellmate in Cloverhill prison four years ago has been jailed for ten years.
Michael Connolly of no fixed abode was found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of Mark Lawlor at the Central Criminal Court last August.Connolly and Lawlor were sharing a cell in Cloverhill prison on the night of the 22-23 November 2019.
The court heard that Connolly, who is originally from Dublin but moved to Louth, had delusional beliefs, including that prisoners were in league with prison officers in"a homosexual conspiracy". Connolly was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.
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