THE heartbroken family of Dean Fitzpatrick last night told of their ongoing pain and said: Dave Mahon has put us through hell.
Devastated Christine Kenny made the claim after the psycho, 50, walked free from Dublins Wheatfield prison yesterday.
Killer Dave Mahon got out of Wheatfield yesterdayCredit: Kenneth O’Halloran – The Sun Dublin
Dean Fitzpatrick was killed after a row at Mahon’s flat in 2013
Mahon was freed 24 hours before his official release date for the 23-year-olds brutal killing.
The killer was released after serving just five years of the seven year sentence he received for stabbing the dad of one in an unprovoked attack.
‘DESTROYED LIVES’
Dean – whose sister Amy, 15, went missing from the Costa del Sol on New Years Day 2008, was killed after a row at Mahons flat in Northern Cross, north Dublin, on May 25, 2013.
During his trial, Mahon tried to claim that Dean was suicidal and had plunged the knife into his own body during the fight over a water bottle but the jury ruled he was lying.
Although free after only five years, Mahon has never shown any remorse for robbing Deans son Leon of a father.
The knife killer – who was suspected of robbing alcohol from hotels before his conviction for manslaughter – is expected to live with Deans mum Audrey in Carrickonshannon.
‘NO SIGN OF REMORSE’
Speaking to the Irish Sun last night, outraged Christine said: How can someone only serve five years for taking another mans life and robbing a child of his father?
Mahon attacked Dean in a callous manner and he was determined to cause him serious injury because he rang him 16 times that day asking Dean to come up to the flat.
Dean didnt stand a chance when he walked into that apartment and as soon as Mahon picked up that knife he knew what he was doing.
Mahon has destroyed so many lives with his action and yet he has never shown any sign of remorse.
Mahon took an innocent life so why didnt he receive a life sentence? Its devastating to think that hes now back living in the community.
SENTENCE FURY
Christine also slammed Mahons seven year jail term, adding: If the Government wants to get serious about knife crime then they will have to look at the sentencing.
Dean was in the prime of his life and was robbed of a future by an extremely violent man.
Mahon was huge compared to Dean but he still wanted his friends for protection and still picked up a knife – hes nothing but a coward.
We never know when we could see him in the street and it would be awful for Deans son Leon to see the man who killed his daddy in the street.
We also spoke to Deans partner Sara last month, who told how she was extremely angry at Mahons forthcoming release.
Mahon claimed Deans death was an accident but a Central Criminal Court jury found him guilty of manslaughter and he was sentenced to seven years on June 13, 2016.
His appeal against the sentence was also dismissed.
And despite him killing her only son, Mahons wife has stood by him during his time in prison.