Tom Niland died from his injuries in 2023. The primary cause of death was complications of blunt-force trauma to the head.
Farmer Tom Niland “can now rest in peace”, his family said after three men were jailed on Thursday for between 14 and 15 years for his unlawful killing.
The sentences imposed by Mr Justice Paul McDermott were “as fair as they could be”, said Mr Niland’s cousin, Michael Walsh, who described the deceased farmer as “a gentle giant”.
Mr Niland (75) died on September 30th 2023, 20 months after being attacked by the three in his west Sligo home on January 18th 2022.
Mr Paul McDermott, imposing sentence, said this was a “cowardly” and unlawful killing “of a savage kind”, following a planned robbery of a defenceless elderly man in his own home “where he was entitled to
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