Fighter held knife to woman's chest while hallucinating he was Jesus Christ weeks before killing his mother, court told
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Luke Donnelly, a 30-year-old fighter, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in June to seven-and-a-half years in prison with the final 12 months suspended for the manslaughter of his 62-year-old mother, Catherine Henry. The killing occurred in Dundalk, Co Louth, on 23 May 2023.
Court proceedings revealed that weeks prior to the fatal incident, Donnelly had held a knife to a woman's neck or chest while experiencing hallucinations in which he believed he was Jesus Christ.
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TheJournal.ieFocuses on the legal sentencing and specifies the weapon was held to the neck.
Independent.ieEmphasizes his background as a fighter and specifies the weapon was held to the chest.
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