CONNEMARA WOMAN GIVES EVIDENCE IN MANSLAUGHTER SENTENCING

Date Published: 11-Mar-2013

A 31 year old Connemara woman has told the Central Criminal Court that her ex-partner, who she stabbed to death, was 'a kind man, boisterous, gregarious, funny,''.

Maura Thornton a native of Spiddal, but more recently living in Inverin, was cleared by a jury of the murder of U.S national Kevin Joyce, but was found guilty of his manslaughter.

She is due to be sentenced today for killing the 59 year old on the rooftop of an apartment she rented at Upper Salthill on Sunday, July 31st, 2011.

In tears, she has given evidence thanking his family for their forgiveness.