Galway farmer Michael Scott will be sentenced in two weeks' time for the manslaughter of his elderly aunt.

The 58-year-old from Gortanumera in Portumna had pleaded not guilty to murdering Chrissie Treacy by running her over with a JCB teleporter outside her farmhouse on April 27th.

He claimed he accidentally ran her over – insisting he did not see her and that it was a tragic farming accident.

The prosecution claimed he killed her because she was looking to formally partition prime farmland they co-owned in Portumna.

Galway farmer Michael Scott leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice today, 20-01-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews

The jury eventually found him not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.

He was due to be sentenced this morning; however, the case has now been put back for two weeks to June 26th.