‘To think it’s 2 years since we last saw your smile & heard your laugh.. life is so unfair’
Josh Dunne’s sister marks anniversary of tragic death
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THE grieving sister of Josh Dunne has said “life is very unfair” as his family mark the second anniversary of his killing.
Josh, from North Dublin’s Ballymun, was stabbed to death at East Wall Road in the inner city on January 26, 2021.
Brazilian food delivery cyclist George Gonzaga Bento admitted stabbing the 16-year-old but walked free from court last summer after a jury accepted it was in self-defence.
The trial heard that Josh was unarmed during the incident and he was not known to gardai in any way.
The court was told Josh did not attack the delivery cyclist until he stabbed his friend, to which the young lad reacted by punching Bento repeatedly before the delivery man stabbed him twice in the chest.
Josh’s heartbroken sister Jade has paid tribute to the talented footballer.
In an emotional post on social media underneath a photo of a smiling Josh in his North Dublin Schoolboy League football jersey, Jade wrote how she has been dreading his second anniversary for the past month.
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She wrote that “life is very unfair” and said that her brother deserved so much more.
She added: “To think that it’s been two years since we last saw your smile and heard your bubbly laugh.
“Life is so unfair and you deserved so much more than what this life gave you.
“You should be starting your football career at 18. It shouldn’t have been this way. I’ll love and miss you forever little brother. You’re never off my mind.”
Earlier this month, in an interview with the Irish Mirror, Josh’s heartbroken mum Diane said she and her family were left devastated by abuse on social media aimed at her son.
And she insists she will fight for his good name to be restored.
She said: “The thing was Josh was a great kid. He wasn’t in any way a bit of a bold child or was in trouble with the police.
“The amount of things people in the community and the football clubs have done for him shows that he was someone of good character. But after the trial there was a lot of racist abuse and saying Josh deserves it.
“That was very difficult to take.”