Sentence
Stephen Gallagher
Stephen Gallagher (aged 55) was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court on 10 August 2020 to 13 Years 4 Months - Life for Murder. The offences, what the court heard and the sentence passed.
- Court
- Swansea Crown Court
- Sentenced
- 10 August 2020
- Sentence
- 13 Years 4 Months - Life
- Judge
- Judge Paul Thomas QC
- Convicted on
- Guilty Plea
The offence
| Offence | Sentence |
|---|---|
| Murder | Custodial immediate, Life |
What the court heard
He pleaded guilty to murder in Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, on 10 September 2019. He attacked his 76-year-old father with a knife at the house they shared following an argument. He stabbed his victim repeatedly to his chest, back and neck. His victim died at the scene. The judge said: "[Y]ou killed him that morning because, as was his right, he was asking you to leave the house... After an argument about broadband speed, instead of leaving or walking away, you purposefully went up to your room and you took a lock knife... with one intention and one intention alone, which was to stab him to death... You then attacked your elderly father. You did so with savagery and ... showed him not one scintilla of mercy"