A jury in the Central Criminal court, sitting in Tralee, has found Michael Ferris not guilty of murder, but guilty of the manslaughter of John Anthony O'Mahony today. A jury in the Central Criminal court, sitting in Tralee, has found Michael Ferris not guilty of murder, but guilty of the manslaughter of John Anthony O'Mahony today. The jury in the trial of north Kerry farmer Michael Ferris at the Central Criminal Court in Tralee returned a verdict of “not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter". Michael Ferris, a dairy farmer, and single man, aged 63, of Rattoo had been charged with murder and had pleaded not guilty to murder of John Anthony O’Mahony (73), a bachelor tillage farmer of Ardoughter, Ballyduff at Rattoo at around 8 am on the morning of April 4, 2017. However, the defence had argued there had been accumulated provocation because of the behaviour of the dead man, John Anthony O’Mahony and the fair verdict and the just verdict would be manslaughter.

Source: Irish Independent October 19, 2018 14:59 UTC