article_snippet: So Michelle hired a top lawyer and repeatedly pestered the police for the case to be pursued – and the trial went ahead.
article_snippet: Dublin’s Central Criminal Court where he admitted was told the former boxer had violently assaulted Michelle as he walked Michelle home, dragging Michelle onto wasteland around 250m from Michelle home.
article_snippet: The lawyer said there hadn’t been a case in Irish history like Michelle’s, where someone was convicted after the victim had died.
article_snippet: that man sentence wasn’t long enough for what that man’d done, but we were so relieved that we finally had justice for Michelle.
article_snippet: They weren’t even going to look at Michelle case and didn’t believe Michelle deserved justice,’ Michelle said.
article_snippet: Michelle’s case set a precedent for future court cases.
highlights_snippet: Hired lawyer, pestered police for case to be pursued and trial went ahead .
  