GALWAY WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF COUNTY DOWN MURDER

Date Published: 04-Oct-2011

Galway native Karen Walsh has been found guilty of murdering her elderly neighbour in Newry, Co Down, three years ago.

The 45 year old pharmacist was accused of murdering the 81-year-old at the pensioner's home in Co Down in the early hours of Christmas Day 2008.

The elderly woman's naked and battered body was found by a relative on Christmas Day.

The jury of seven women and five men returned its verdict after less than two hours of deliberation and a two week trial at Belfast Crown Court

Judge Anthony Hart sentenced Galway native Karen Walsh to life in prison.

She will find out at a later date the minimum term she must serve before she is eligible for release.