Tyler Jackson sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of Conor Quinn in Mallow in 2018

Young Mallow man Tyler Jackson was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a 24-year-old Galway man as the victim’s family said justice had been served but they would never wake from the nightmare of their loved one’s murder.

Ms Justice Eileen Creedon imposed the mandatory life sentence on Tyler (Tiggy) Jackson of Ballydaheen West, Mallow, County Cork, who was convicted last week of murdering 24-year-old Conor Quinn at Bridge Street, Mallow, County Cork, on July 12, 2018.

The evidence was that he stabbed the victim once in the heart on the side of the street resulting in Mr Quinn’s death moments later.

His last words were: “I’m after being stabbed, I’m after being stabbed, am I going to die?” 

Eight men and four women of the jury in the trial took almost seven hours to reach their majority 10-2 guilty verdict at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.

Inspector Hugh Twomey said that despite a full murder investigation immediately after the incident in July five years ago, the man that was suspected of the murder fled to England immediately afterwards. 

Extensive enquiries were made to establish his whereabouts through the cooperation of police in the UK. Finally, in November 2021 Tyler Jackson was arrested in Cambridge. In February 2022 he was brought back on a European arrest warrant and charged with murder.

Defence senior counsel Brian McInerney said, “Mr Jackson acknowledges the jury verdict. He disagrees with same. It is his intention to appeal.”