Father is jailed for life after jury finds him guilty of murdering infant son

John Tighe, aged 40, from Lavallyroe in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction for the murder of his infant son, Joshua Sussbier Tighe, who died on 1 June 2013. A jury at the Central Criminal Court returned a unanimous guilty verdict after deliberating for seven hours and 32 minutes. Tighe had pleaded not guilty to the charge and maintained throughout the…