Overview

• Judge Simon Carr sentenced Lynch to life imprisonment with a 20-year minimum term at Truro Crown Court on August 26.
• The court heard Shane Lynch died from repeated head and facial blows in a sustained, frenzied attack likely involving a hammer.
• Investigators found Shane’s blood and both brothers’ DNA on hidden clothing, a broken knife blade near the body, and diluted blood in the sink.
• CCTV captured a person in clothing like Lynch’s leaving and returning overnight as cellular data showed Shane’s phone taken from the home and disconnected by 1:46 a.m.
• Police said Lynch tried to clean up and later denied responsibility, while reports noted drinking and drug-seeking that day and an unresolved motive as Shane’s 16-year-old daughter grieves.