4 d. ago Son is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his ill mother in her home

Angela Canavan’s life was taken in ‘most cruel, violent and sadistic way’, Central Criminal Court told

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4 d. ago Nigel Canavan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his mother

Keith Canavan also said his brother had "portrayed her in the courtroom not as the woman she truly was, but as someone he could scapegoat to protect himself"

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2 w. ago Richard Satchwell's account of wife's death has 'more holes than a block of Swiss cheese', jury told

The murder trial continues before a jury of five men and seven women.

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2 w. ago Satchwell's 'farcical' narrative of wife's death has more holes than 'Swiss cheese', jury told

Richard Satchwell had woven 'a web of deceit' and continued his 'fabricated narrative' over the years, the jury were told

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2 w. ago Man gets life for murder of ‘charitable’ retiree who gave both him and mother shelter

Jury reject defence’s claim that Brian Ibe was entitled to insanity verdict after killing Peter Kennedy (65) in his home in Newbridge, Co Kildare

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2 w. ago Man sentenced to life for murder of ‘charitable’ retiree who gave both him and mother shelter

Jury rejected defence that Brian Ibe was entitled to insanity verdict after killing Peter Kennedy in his Kildare home

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2 w. ago Man (23) handed life sentence for murder of a man who had taken him and his mother into his home

Brian Ibe had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Peter Kennedy between 28 April and 12 May, 2020, in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

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3 w. ago Nigel Canavan convicted of murder of his mother Angela Canavan in her Co Sligo home

Jury rejected Canavan’s claim he had acted in self defence during attack in 2023

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3 w. ago Man found guilty of murdering mother after jury rejects self

The victim was found with cuts, bruises and three broken ribs after being strangled and smothered to death.

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3 w. ago Jury to continue deliberations in case of man accused of murdering his mother

Angela Canavan died at her home in St John’s Terrace, Co Sligo in May 2023

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4 w. ago Man accused of murdering his mother phoned his friend while she lay dead on the floor

Nigel Canavan, with an address at Erris Gardens, Crossmolina, Co Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to his mother's murder at her home in St John's Terrace, Co Sligo on May 1st 2023.

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