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Mon 06 Jun 2007Man jailed over sister's killingA 21-year-old was today jailed for six years for the manslaughter of his teenage sister.Patrick O'Dwyer, of Shrohill, Ennistymon, Co Clare, became the first person in the state to be convicted of a killing on the grounds of diminished responsibility.