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Murder of Cameron Blair


I've listed this article for peer review because I'd like some feedback in a few areas. Is the detail about the court process too extensive? Do I use too many dates? Is the language -particularly in reference to the seventeen year old and fourteen year old - too repetitive? Otherwise, I think I've covered my bases in this article, but would love to hear if you think it's missing something crucial.

Thanks, Xx78900 (talk) 15:03, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * I enjoyed reading this article. To answer your questions: No. No. A little; I suggest referring to 17yo as X17 and the 14yo as X14. I copy-edited and trimmed the article in an effort to make it read more sharply.


 * On covering the bases:


 * 1. There's something missing between these two lines:


 * "The trial subsequently "collapsed".[43] with the Director of Public Prosecutions deciding not to proceed with the charge.[17][44]"


 * "On Friday 23 July 2021, the fourteen year old teenager, who was sixteen at the time of sentencing, was sentenced to two years detention followed by two years of community supervision.[42]"


 * 2. Re:


 * "Political response
 * After Blair's death, which occurred during a period of unusually high rates of violent crime in Cork[54][55][56] and across Ireland,[57] increased pressure was placed on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's government to reduce violent crime in Ireland.[58] Micheál Martin, then leader of the opposition, claimed that Varadkar's government was "losing control" of the nation.[58] This, combined with gangland shootings in Dublin, made violent crime a central election issue in the 2020 Irish general election.[5]"


 * What did the government do, if anything, to reduce violent crime in Ireland? How did this play out in the general election?


 * 3. "The sentencing judge described the case as "almost incomprehensible".[61]
 * What was the judge referring to when he described the case as "almost incomprehensible".?


 * 4. Re:


 * "The seventeen year old, O'Connor, and the fourteen year old all produced knives and began to threaten the occupants of the house.[7][13][14] The knife which would be used by the seventeen year old to murder Blair was 21cm long.[15] While O'Connor was later charged with producing an article capable of causing serious harm,[16] the fourteen year old wielded a butter knife and so was not charged with the same offense.[17]"


 * Could you add something about "knife culture" i.e. the increasing prevalence, at least in the UK and Ireland(?) of knife crime?


 * 5. Re:


 * "The murder of Cameron Blair occurred on 16 January 2020, when he was fatally stabbed in the neck at a house party on the Bandon Road in Cork, Ireland."


 * Where is Cork? Maybe add a map?

Sandbh (talk) 00:12, 18 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for taking the time to review this for me!
 * (1) I've addressed your first issue.
 * (2) Regarding the second issue, I'm not sure if this event actually prompted anything more than politicians talking about doing something, at least I haven't been able to find anything
 * which says otherwise.
 * (3) Due to the law surrounding the protection of the identities of minors, it is illegal to reproduce what that judge was referring to here, though a lot of Irish people familiar with
 * the case would know. This is why it is included in the sources, but not explained.
 * Would I be best just striking that line completely?
 * (4) Over the coming days I will see if I can address knife culture in Ireland, though I'm not sure that I can
 * (5) I've put in a request for someone to add a map, because I can't for the life of me work out how to do it.
 * Thanks again for all your help! Xx78900 (talk) 12:07, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Would I be best just striking that line completely?
 * (4) Over the coming days I will see if I can address knife culture in Ireland, though I'm not sure that I can
 * (5) I've put in a request for someone to add a map, because I can't for the life of me work out how to do it.
 * Thanks again for all your help! Xx78900 (talk) 12:07, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
 * (5) I've put in a request for someone to add a map, because I can't for the life of me work out how to do it.
 * Thanks again for all your help! Xx78900 (talk) 12:07, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for all your help! Xx78900 (talk) 12:07, 19 August 2021 (UTC)