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Baby killer Liam Whoriskey sentenced to 15 years over death of Kayden McGuinness

December 16, 2019
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Liam Whoriskey sentenced to 15 years at Derry Crown Court. (North West Newspix)

A DERRY man convicted of killing a three-year-old boy in the city has been sentenced to 15 years.

Liam Whoriskey, of Glenabbey Gardens, was found guilty in October of the manslaughter of Kayden McGuinness.

The three year old was found dead in his bed in his family flat at Colmcille Court in the Bogside in Derry in September 2017.

He was sentenced at Derry Crown Court today, Monday, December 16.

Whoriskey, who had denied killing the toddler, will serve half of his sentence in prison and the other half on licence.

He was found guilty of manslaughter and of one charge of child cruelty in October.

Sentencing, Recorder of Derry Judge Phillip Babington said he was aware the case had generated a lot of emotion.

Three year old Kayden McGuinness died as a result of blunt force trauma injuries to his head caused by Liam Whoriskey

He said there were a number of aggravating factors in this case, including that Kayden had been a particularly vulnerable child, and that Whoriskey had been in the position almost of stepfather, which amounted to an extremely serious breach of trust.

The judge also said the acts leading to the unlawful killing of the toddler were not isolated and that the defendant’s behaviour illustrated he had a propensity for aggression and violence in a domestic setting.

Judge Babington said he had read victim impact statements from Kayden’s mother and Kathleen McGuinness, the toddler’s grandmother, and it was clear both were devastated.

Kayden McGuinness’ mother Erin McLaughlin, who was in the public gallery, left the court sobbing at the point when the judge began reading out her son’s injuries.

The judge said the court could only express its sympathy, as any sentence imposed on the defendant paled into insignificance when contrasted with the fact a very young child had died.

The mother of baby Kayden McGuinness, Erin McLaughlin arriving at Derry Courthouse in October (North West Newspix)

It could only be hoped this trial brought some form of closure for the family, the judge told the court.

Whoriskey has also been barred from residing in the same place as a child under 18 years old or having any unsupervised contact with a child.

Baby killer Liam Whoriskey sentenced to 15 years over death of Kayden McGuinness was last modified: December 17th, 2019 by John

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