Decision to transfer convicted murderer leaves Limerick boxer’s mum ‘bamboozled’
THE DECISION of the Minister for Justice to approve the request of convicted murderer Logan Jackson to be transferred from Limerick Prison to a prison in the UK has been strongly criticised.
Logan Jackson, aged in his mid-30s, of Longford Road, Coventry, England was sentenced to life imprisonment, in December 2021, after he was convicted, by a jury, of murdering champion Limerick boxer Kevin Sheehy.
The 20-year-old, who was tipped as a future Olympian, died after he was repeatedly run over by Jackson who was driving a 4x4 vehicle at Hyde Road, Limerick, on July 1, 2019.
Last year, his mother Tracey Tully initiated High Court proceedings in an effort to halt Jackson's proposed transfer to a prison in England.
While those proceedings were 'resolved' last November, it was confirmed last week that the current Minister for Justice, Simon
Harris has approved Mr Jackson's application for a transfer.
“The Minister is obliged to act in a manner consistent with obligations under international law, specifically the Council of Europe
Convention on the transfer of prisoners and the European Convention on Human Rights,” a statement by the Department of Justice reads.
Giving her reaction to the decision to Live95, Tracey Tully said she was “bamboozled”.
“This is coming up on four years now. I have not been allowed my rights, my human rights, my family's human rights to grieve. You cannot heal from what you don't understand and I do not understand this decision.
“The Minister also stated he had great difficulty allowing Logan Jackson to go home. He should try being me.”