MAN DUE TO BE SENTENCED OVER BODY FOUND IN CITY FREEZER

Date Published: 05-May-2009

A 45-year-old Galway man who killed a man whose frozen body was found in a fishmongers freezer in Galway city five years after his death is due to be sentenced today.Edward Griffin of Cimín Mór, Cappagh Road, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court in February to the manslaughter of 52-year-old Patrick McCormack at Henry Street, Galway on a date between June 1st and September 30th, 2002.The owner of the shop discovered the frozen remains in a walk-in freezer in June 2007.Mr Justice Paul Carney will hear the evidence in the case today before handing down sentence.