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An Irish citizen is sentenced to 14 years for killing a US tourist in Hungary
The court also expelled the unnamed Irish defendant from Hungary for 10 years after he hid the victim’s body, officials said.
- On Thursday, The Budapest Metropolitan Court sentenced a Dublin man to 14 years in prison for the 2024 murder of Mackenzie Michalski, a 31-year-old American tourist from Portland, Oregon.
- Investigators detailed how the pair met at a Budapest nightclub in November 2024 before the man strangled Michalski during an 'intimate encounter' and disposed of her body near Szigliget.
- Dismissing the defendant's claim of 'consensual BDSM activity,' the court cited forensic evidence and footage from a 'spy pen' showing the victim's tied-up body, contradicting the defense's argument of an 'accidental death.'
- Michalski's mother addressed the court on Tuesday, describing the loss as causing 'immense trauma,' while the judge ordered the man to pay $7,995 in court costs and expelled him from Hungary for 10 years.
- The defendant's attorney has appealed the verdict, with the roughly 1 1/2 years already spent in detention counting toward his sentence before his eventual deportation from Hungary.
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Independent EspañolBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A court in Hungary sentenced an Irish citizen on Thursday to 14 years in prison for strangling an American tourist to death in the country's capital in 2024.
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Irish man jailed for murder of US nurse
An Irish man has been handed down a 14-year sentence for the murder of an American nurse in Hungary. The Dublin man, 38, cannot be named due to Hungarian legal restrictions. He denied the murder of 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski, claiming she died during ‘consensual BDSM activity.’ The court heard how the pair met had in […]
Irish citizen sentenced to 14 years for killing a U.S. tourist in Hungary
The victim, 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was in Hungary on vacation and reported missing on Nov. 5, 2024, after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest.
·Washington, United States
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Leaning Left16Leaning Right0Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Left
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