Sharon Lynn

It's a quiet, nice housing estate.

Things like this don't happen in the area.

So, yeah, initially it was reported as an altercation, as a row between two young lads.

It kind of sounded like it was a drunken row that went wrong.

There were reports that Martin had opened the door of the taxi and knocked O'Neill off his bike, like completely...

false information, I guess, that has all since been proven in court through the CCTV, very clear footage.

That was on top of the grief and the trauma to have to feel like

I had to speak up for my brother and go contact these journalists and try get them to correct what they were saying.

I knew the type of person Martin was.

He would have been mortified to think that anyone thought he would be in a fight.

So that was... He had a really good reputation and...

you know, he was, he was sensitive as well.

He would have, he would have, that would have bothered him.

And he wasn't here to defend himself.

I think this case really highlights inconsistency in sentencing, a lack of transparency.

There were mitigating factors called out by the judge at sentencing around the guilty plea, which I would completely question.

Genuine remorse was... I know, I actually... It's laughable.

Yeah.

I don't even know how he could say those words in front with the family sitting in the courtroom, knowing what he knew.

There were so many issues with this sentencing.