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Galway farmer Michael Scott found guilty of manslaughter of his aunt Chrissie Treacy
It was the prosecution’s case that Scott deliberately ran over Treacy following a long-running dispute over land.
A FARMER HAS been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence of his elderly aunt.
Michael Scott (58) of Gortanumera, Portumna, Co Galway had pleaded not guilty to 76-year-old Chrissie Treacy’s murder on 27 April 2018 outside her home in Derryhiney, Portumna. The defence said that Treacy’s death was a tragic accident.
It was the prosecution’s case that Scott deliberately ran over Treacy following a long-running dispute over land.
He has today been cleared of murder by a jury but found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence.
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