JURY RETIRES IN CASE OF GALWAY WOMAN ACCUSED OF DOWN MURDER

Date Published: 04-Oct-2011
The jury in the trial of a Galway woman accused of murdering her elderly neighbour in Co Down has retired.
45 year old pharmacist Karen Walsh, 45, is accused of murdering 81-year-old Maire Rankin at the pensioner's home in Newry three years ago.
The two week trial has been held at Belfast Crown Court before a jury of seven women and five men.
