partner Janice Bassil as co-counsel was "moot." Bassil in May won acquittal for the brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, Mark, who was accused of manslaughter in connection with his 70-year-old father's death. A jury found Mark Kerrigan guilty of the lesser charge of assault and battery.
(NECN: Alysha Palumbo - Woburn, MA) - After escaping a manslaughter conviction in connection with the death of his father, Mark Kerrigan could not escape the maximum sentence of two and a half years in jail for the assault and battery charge."I'd just like to say that I loved my father and I miss him very much, I'd like the opportunity to return home with my family, so that we can finish grieving my father's loss, and so I can be there to help my mother," said Mark Kerrigan.
'Troubling end'Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said the Kerrigan family's support for Mark Kerrigan made for "complicated dynamics" during the trial and could have been taken into consideration by the jury. Despite the verdict, prosecutors believe Kerrigan caused his father's death, he
The judge sentenced Mark Kerrigan to serve two years in prison, followed by two years of probation, during which he will have to satisfy several conditions, including mental health and alcohol abuse treatment, according to O'Brien.
Date: May 26, 2011
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KERRIGAN SKATES ON MANSLAUGHTER: Mark Kerrigan, brother of former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, was found not guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday but was convicted on a lesser charge of assault and battery in the January 2010 death of their father after a physical confrontation in the kitche
Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said the Kerrigan family's support for Mark Kerrigan made for "complicated dynamics" during the trial and could have been taken into consideration by the jury. Despite the verdict, prosecutors believe Kerrigan caused his father's death, he said.Police testified that Mark Kerrigan told them he grabbed his father around the neck during the altercation. The defense said the injury to Daniel Kerrigan's neck could have been caused when emergency medical personnel put a tube down his throat or even during an autopsy, when his larynx was removed.
WOBURN -- Mark Kerrigan, the brother of Olympian Nancy Kerrigan, was acquitted today of an involuntary manslaughter charge but convicted of the lesser charge of assault and battery in the death of his father after a confrontation between the two men in the familys Stoneham home in January 2010.She said the elder man had a long history of coronary artery disease. She conceded that Mark Kerrigan told police he had grabbed his father by the neck, but she told jurors that they could not rely on what he said that night, because he was drunk.
Nancy and Brenda Kerrigan, Daniel Kerrigan's wife, have steadfastly stood by Mark Kerrigan since the incident occurred. During the six-day trial, mother and daughter sat next to each other as they listened to the often painful testimony.