Murderer who killed boxer moved to UK prison over 'fears for his safety'
A murderer who killed a champion Irish boxer in a hit-and-run has been moved to a prison in England amid fears he would be harmed in custody.
Logan Jackson was handed a life sentence after repeatedly running over 20-year-old Kevin Sheehy with his 4x4 Jeep in Limerick, Ireland.
The five-time national boxing champion, who was training for the 2024 Olympics, was on his way home from a house party when the incident took place in July 2019.
Jackson was jailed for the unprovoked attack in December 2021.
Last month, he was transferred to a prison in England after being placed on 23-hour lockdown for the three years he had been in custody due to "very significant security risks".
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Kevin's family in front of a mural dedicated to the five-time national boxing champion (SM-IR Irish Pictures <[email protected]>)Kevin's mum, Tracey Tully, told Coventry Live: "He has been repatriated against all of our fighting against it. Our Minister for Justice allowed it and he went against all of our human rights.
"It was absolutely disgusting that our own country did that because the way I look at it is he broke the laws of this land, not Coventry or where he chose to end up."
All of the security risks posed constituted a threat to the staff and prisoners at Limerick Prison, according to the Department of Justice.
A wider security assessment was also carried out and found that these risks would persist in any prison in Ireland, they added.
Kevin's family repeatedly protested the prison transfer, and said they have never been involved in an alleged risk to his safety.
Tracey also claimed that Jackson first applied to be transferred from Limerick on January 13 last year - 23 days into his life sentence.
The 45-year-old said: "We have been campaigning against the decision and it was done very underhandedly. Logan was taken out of the country very quickly and we do not know why.
"I want to know and I want to ask my own Minister for Justice 'Why?' I felt gaslighted by the whole lot of it. It is very strange."
Kevin had been expecting a baby with his long-term partner at the time of his death
He had been training for the 2024 Olympics (Irish Mirror)She continued: "I feel very let down by our own government and disgusted at the fact that we had to go through this. He mowed my son down.
"He came back three times to do this to my beautiful boy, a kind-hearted person."
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Kevin had been expecting a baby with his long-term partner at the time of his death.
Tracey said: "It actually shocked the whole of our city to be honest because Kevin was well-known and well-liked.
"He was such a lovely person, a lovely human being and he had his whole life ahead of him. His dream for the Olympics was taken from him that night. Everything was taken and then his daughter was born.
"Kevin died on July 1 and his daughter was born on August 2. He never got to see his little girl."
She maintains that Jackson should serve his sentence in Ireland, where the murder took place, and "not where he chooses to end up".
She added: "He has to have evil in him, my son met a demon that night. I will never ever get over it, ever."
Minister Simon Harris expressed his "sincere condolences" to Kevin's family, and said the decision to transfer Jackson was taken with "great difficulty".
A spokesman for the Department of Justice said: "Minister Harris is acutely aware that this development has been difficult for the family of Kevin Sheehy. All transfer applications are considered individually and take into account a number of factors.
"In arriving at this decision, and with the feelings of the family at the forefront of his mind, Minister Harris sought to explore all possible options.
"However, the Minister was obliged to act in a manner consistent with the obligations under international law, specifically the Council of Europe Convention on the transfer of prisoners and the European Convention on Human Rights.
"Having considered those obligations, the clear advice of the Attorney General, and the particular circumstances of the case, it was necessary to accede to Mr Jackson's application for transfer.
"In doing so, the Minister is satisfied that Mr Jackson can expect to spend many more years in prison, as is just given the horrific nature of the crime he committed and the pain he has caused."
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