A man serving a life sentence for murder has received a two-year sentence after he threatened to slit a prison officer’s throat with a sharpened piece of metal during a routine cell check.
Daniel McDonnell (28), of Brookview Lawn in Tallaght, pleaded guilty to threatening to kill or cause serious harm to a prison officer at Wheatfield Prison, Cloverhill Road, Clondalkin, on August 12, 2021.
McDonnell is currently serving a mandatory life sentence for the murder of 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara eleven years ago.