by Bernie English
bernie@limerickpost.ie
THE daughter of a Limerick champion boxer, who was repeatedly mown down by the driver of a jeep, will know her daddy as a hero, a grieving mother told a court.
Kevin Sheehy was knocked down and run over three times in a callous murder for which UK native Logan Jackson was this week sentenced to life in prison.
In an emotional victim impact statement, Kevin’s mother, Tracey Tully, told told the Central Criminal Court that Kevin, from Hyde Road, was delighted with the news that he was about to become a father, but his daughter, Kevaeh never got to see her daddy.
As a life sentence was imposed on Jackson, of Longford Road, Coventry, the court heard that he has already served two and a half years of his sentence.
But, said Ms Tully, “so have I. I have two-and-a-half years done also. But I don’t get out.”
She told the court she does not “get a day off or a minute’s peace to breathe”, knowing how brutally her son’s life was taken.
Ms Tully told the court that Kevin was “counting the days and weeks; he was so proud, walking up and down, rolling her (Kevaeh’s) pram”.
“That was the last thing he got to do for Kevaeh, he never got to see her come into the world or hold Kevaeh and see her beautiful face as everything was robbed from him and Kevaeh on July 1, 2019.
“The only comfort in life right now is the beautiful gift he left us. His beautiful daughter Kevaeh Gracie. Her piercing blue eyes, just like you; her curly hair, just like you. Although she was surrounded by grief, she has an amazing ability just like her daddy to be funny and happy.
“She’s such a little character. Kevaeh lost her daddy that she has never met but she has so many memories around our city. She will grow up knowing her daddy was a hero,” Ms Tully said.
Last Monday, Jackson was found guilty by unanimous jury verdict of murdering Mr Sheehy (20) at Hyde Road in Limerick City on July 1, 2019. He had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter.
He was also found guilty last week on a second charge of endangerment. A concurrent sentence of seven years was imposed for that offence.
The Central Criminal Court trial heard that the five times’ Irish boxing champion fought to get up off the ground after he was first hit but the UK-registered Mitsubishi Shogun jeep ran him over twice again at speed.
The jury agreed with the prosecution’s case that Jackson had deployed his jeep as a murder weapon “as sure and as clear” as if it was a gun or a knife.
