A 32-year-old man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Timothy ‘Teddy’ Murnane in Tipperary town last year.
Sean Harding of Marian Terrace, Tipperary town had pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to the manslaughter of the 80-year-old on the 12th of September 2025.
Sean Harding made no reaction when the ten to two majority verdict of not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter was announced close to 4pm this afternoon, following seven hours and forty minutes of jury deliberations.
Miss Justice Siobhan Lankford thanked the jury for their attention to the ‘difficult’ but ‘important’ trial.
The judge set a sentencing hearing date for Monday when Victim Impact Statements will be heard.
Teddy Murnane died at University Hospital Limerick two days after he was found unconscious and bleeding outside his shed, having disturbed the accused in the middle of a burglary.
