Irish man gets 14 years’ jail for killing US tourist in Hungary

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An Irish national was sentenced to 14 years in prison in Hungary for the murder by strangulation of an American tourist in Budapest in 2024. The victim, a 31-year-old woman from Portland, Oregon, went missing after last being seen in a nightclub.

A court in Hungary on Thursday sentenced an Irish citizen to 14 years in prison for strangling an American tourist to death in the country’s capital in 2024. The victim, 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was in Hungary on holiday and reported missing on November 5, 2024, after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest. Police launched a missing person investigation and reviewed security footage from local nightclubs where they observed Michalski, who went by...