Father Of Murdered Offaly Boy Asks For Sentence Over €32k Drug Seizure

He was denied compassionate bail, from a sentence he's already serving, to attend his sons funeral.

The father of a four year old boy who lost his life in an Offaly arson attack is pleading with a judge to be sentenced this week.

27 year old Aaron Holt previously pleaded guilty to a seizure of €32,000 worth of heroin near his home in Edenderry in January last year.

His son Tadhg and aunt Mary Holt were killed in a petrol bomb attack at a home in Castleview Park in Edenderry last month.

Mr Holt was denied compassionate bail, from a sentence he's already serving, to attend Tadhg's funeral last month.

Judge Keenan Johnson agreed to the request and will deliver a sentence at a hearing tomorrow.

News and Crime Correspondent with the Irish Sun, John Hand says gardaí have clear leads on the arson attack:

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