09/01/2008
Life Sentence For Tyrone Pensioner's Killer
A court has yesterday accepted a plea of manslaughter in the killing of a County Tyrone pensioner.
Arthur Francis Murray's plea to causing the death of 76-year-old Patrick McGrath was accepted on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
The Tyrone man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the manslaughter and has also admitted attacking Mr McGrath's sister, Philomena, and causing her grievous bodily harm at Killeen Crossroads near Coalisland.
The judge said Murray, 46, should serve at least 12 years in prison and said he should only be released if the right conditions were in place.
Mr McGrath, 76, was found dead at his home in December 2005 and his 68-year-old sister sustained serious head injuries and a number of broken bones during the attack by Murray, who lived yards from Mr McGrath.
A murder charge against him was dropped when he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility after the prosecution accepted the lesser pleas following three psychiatric reports.
(BMcC/JM)
Arthur Francis Murray's plea to causing the death of 76-year-old Patrick McGrath was accepted on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
The Tyrone man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the manslaughter and has also admitted attacking Mr McGrath's sister, Philomena, and causing her grievous bodily harm at Killeen Crossroads near Coalisland.
The judge said Murray, 46, should serve at least 12 years in prison and said he should only be released if the right conditions were in place.
Mr McGrath, 76, was found dead at his home in December 2005 and his 68-year-old sister sustained serious head injuries and a number of broken bones during the attack by Murray, who lived yards from Mr McGrath.
A murder charge against him was dropped when he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility after the prosecution accepted the lesser pleas following three psychiatric reports.
(BMcC/JM)
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