FAMILY OF MAN KILLED IN CITY FEEL JUSTICE HAS NOT BEEN DONE

Date Published: 08-May-2009

The family of a Dublin man who was killed and had his body hidden in the freezer of city fish shop for five years, say they don't feel that justice has been done.45-year-old Edward Griffin of Cimín Mór, Cappagh Road was sentenced to 8 years in prison at the Central criminal court today for the manslaughter of 52-year-old Patrick McCormack at the Henry Street Fish shop in the summer of 2002.The sentencing hearing heard that Edward Griffin was a cocaine addict when he killed Patrick McCormack.In handing down sentence the Mr. Justice Paul Carney said Mr Griffin showed a callous disregard for human decency to allow the body to stay in a freezer while he worked around it. Speaking outside court the deceased's daughter, Janine Brogan says they don't feel justice has been done