A schoolboy who was murdered in Limerick four years ago, died from massive blood loss after being beaten with a hammer and stabbed over 20 times by his uncle, his inquest heard today.
A jury at Limerick Coroner’s Court found that Brooklyn Colbert, (11), with an address at Aherlow Close, Caherdavin, died by “unlawful killing”.
The boy’s uncle, Paddy Dillon, of Moyross, Limerick, who was 26 at the time, struck his innocent nephew across the head with a hammer and stabbed him 27 times in a frenzied attack at Dillon’s aunt’s home at Ballynanty Beg, Limerick, on November 3, 2019.
