Trial for man accused of murdering boxing champ

31-year-old charged over ‘hit and run’

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A MAN accused of murdering a boxing champion in a hit and run will go on trial today at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court.

Logan Jackson, 31, is charged with the murder of Kevin Sheehy at Hyde Road in Limerick City on July 1, 2019.

Mr Sheehy, a five times Irish boxing champion, was 20 at the time.

He died after being struck by a vehicle. His body was discovered lying on the road at about 4.40am.

Jackson, with an address at Longford Road, Coventry and who denies murder, is also accused of intentionally or recklessly engaging in conduct which created a substantial risk of death or serious harm to others by driving a Mitsubishi jeep vehicle dangerously at high speed in the direction of pedestrians on the same occasion.

The charge of endangerment is contrary to Section 13 of the Nonfatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the second charge of endangerment. Mr Justice Mcdermott informed the jury panel that Mr Sheehy was from Limerick, telling them: “His background is that he was a well-known boxer, a national championship boxer. “Not only was he well known in Limerick but in other places throughout the State and elsewhere”. Referring to the accused’s background, the judge said he is a native of Coventry in the UK and has “some family connections” in Limerick.

The jury panel was also told that “most if not all” of the civilian witnesses in the case were from Limerick.

The trial will start this morning before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon. It is expected to last between two and three weeks.

BOXING CHAMP Kevin Sheehy died in 2019 ACCUSED Jackson