CITY WOMAN TO APPEAL SENTENCE FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR

Date Published: 18-Jan-2009

A city woman, who killed a man during a drunken row over a dog, is to appeal her sentence.26 year old Úna Black, with an address at Droim Chaoin, Bishop O Donnell Road was jailed for 9 years last July for killing John Malone at Walter Macken Flats in Mervue in December 2006.Black, who was heavily pregnant at the time of sentencing, pleaded guilty to his manslaughter.According to Star Sunday newspaper, Úna Black's family are said to be filing papers with the Court of Criminal Appeal, to have her sentence reduced.