A Kildare father-of-five who admitted assaulting a “popular, gentle” man who later died has been jailed for 2½ years. CPR administeredEmergency services arrived and administered continuous CPR to Mr Kelly, but he died. Postmortem evidence in the trial revealed Mr Kelly died from heart disease and that the minor trauma from the assault was a contributing factor. On Monday, Judge Melanie Greally noted Mr Kelly was a popular man who was greatly loved and the circumstances of his death had been extremely distressing to his family. Mr Kelly said he and his wife provided meals and toiletries to Gill and his brother, who then died tragically in his teens.

Source: The Irish Times December 18, 2017 13:41 UTC