Nancy Kerrigan's Brother Acquitted Of Manslaughter In Father’s Death

Posted on May 25, 2011 @ 03:21PM

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By Alexis Tereszcuk
Radar Staff Reporter

A jury Wednesday acquitted Nancy Kerrigan’s brother of manslaughter in the death of their father, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Although Mark Kerrigan was acquitted of manslaughter, he was convicted of a second charge of assault and battery related to the January 2010 death of his 70-year-old father Daniel that happened in the family home in Stoneham, Massachusetts.

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Olympian Nancy Kerrigan and her mother Brenda have been in the court each day and have supported Mark throughout the trial.

Brenda testified that the fight between Mark and Daniel lasted only a few seconds and that she saw them in a "bear hug" and never saw Mark put his hands around his father's neck. She said she saw her son with his arms around his father's waist and then her husband fell to the floor "like a feather coming right out of the sky."

The prosecutor told jurors Mark Kerrigan, was an "angry, mean, nasty, drunk son" who killed his father on January 24, 2010.

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Mark’s attorney said their father's longstanding heart disease was to blame for his death.

Mark Kerrigan will be sentenced Thursday; the maximum is 2 ½ years in prison.

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He looks creepy

by Reader31
Posted Wed, 05/25/2011 - 5:59pm

Nancy, stay strong and true. Im glad your brother was aquitted, and not sure about the conviction on the other charge.
You seem like a very very nice person,I REALLY hope you find peace within yourself and your family.

by gedrast
Posted Wed, 05/25/2011 - 1:56pm

just goes to show you the extremely sick family system of the kerrigans...very sick son mentally, and nancy and her mother stick up for him in spite of the fact that her father, and her mother's husband is now dead..horrifying. sickos.

by mous
Posted Wed, 05/25/2011 - 1:55pm