A jury returned a 10-2 majority verdict today against a middle-aged Fermoy woman of not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter in the case where the victim was found weeks later submerged in a slurry pit.

THE jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering a man nicknamed Gold-tooth whose body was found weeks later in a slurry pit at the back of a farmhouse will continue their deliberations today.

GARY “Gold-tooth” Bull made a prophesy hours before his death that he would be killed, the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork was told yesterday.

A WOMAN on trial for murdering a man known as “Gold-tooth” allegedly told the victim’s ex-partner she smashed his head in with a mallet, claiming she did it for her.

THE Government’s ongoing refusal to put localauthority funding on a proper footing is preventing local authorities from investing in social housing.