Chloe McPolin

Christopher O'Neill was sentenced to six years this week for an unprovoked one-punch attack on innocent Martin Lynn outside his home in Whitehall in July 2023.

Today I am talking to Sharon Lynn and her husband Anthony about their appeal for the leniency of this sentence and how this attack changed their lives forever.

I'm Chloe McPolin and you're listening to Crime World, a podcast by crimeworld.com.

Christopher O'Neill was sentenced for six years this week for an unprovoked attack on your brother Martin Lynn in 2023.

I suppose you've spoken about how you're unhappy with the sentence.

But if we could just go back in time and maybe talk a bit about your brother Martin and what he was like growing up, what kind of person he was.

Lovely guy.

Yeah.

So I suppose an incident happened in July 2023 that kind of turned your world upside down.

Can you just tell us about what happened on that day?

And the individual responsible for this assault, we obviously know, is Christopher O'Neill.

Did Martin know Christopher O'Neill at all or was it?

And Christopher O'Neill was arrested in December 2023.

It obviously took a very long time to reach a guilty plea, kind of the 11th hour.

What was that period like for you and your family?

I can only imagine the trauma.

Totally.

And what was Christopher O'Neill's behaviour like in court?

I think you read.

Yeah.