A Co Cork painter has been found guilty of murdering 60-year-old widow Anne Corcoran after abducting her from her farmhouse during a robbery.

The jury has gone out in the trial of Cork man Oliver Hayes for the murder of widow Anne Corcoran.

BOTH sides have given their closing speeches at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a Cork painter charged with murdering a local widow.

Both sides have given their closing speeches at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a Cork painter charged with murdering a local widow.

ANNE CORCORAN’s killer was being pursued by his credit union for more than €10,000 of bad debt and had paid nothing off his mortgage in almost two years when he decided to rob the 60-year-old widow.

Anne Corcoran’s killer was being pursued by his credit union for more than €10,000 of bad debt, his murder trial has heard.

Widow Anne Corcoran’s killer laughed as he told detectives about driving her car through a garda checkpoint less than two days after burying her in a shallow grave, his murder trial heard today.

OLIVER HAYES attended his camera club and had drinks afterwards while Anne Corcoran lay dead in his house, his murder trial heard.

Oliver Hayes attended his camera club and drinks afterwards while Anne Corcoran lay dead in his house, his murder trial heard.

ANNE CORCORAN’s killer told gardaí that he had never met his victim, but he had targeted her because she was living alone and on Sunday, January 18, last year, he decided he would rob the 60-year-old widow her at her Co Cork farmhouse.

Anne Corcoran’s killer targeted the 60-year-old widow because she was a woman living alone, the Central Criminal Court heard.

THE man accused of murdering Anne Corcoran travelled to and from work with her husband for a number of months, 20 years before attacking her.

Anne Corcoran’s killer travelled to and from work with her husband for a number of months 20 years before attacking her.

Anne Corcoran’s killer drew gardaí a map of where he burned and buried her body after a garda recognised him from CCTV footage withdrawing money from her bank account.

The jury in the Anne Corcoran trial have heard that gardai found furniture, rubble and rubbish piled from floor to ceiling inside her killer’s house.

MURDER accused Oliver Hayes denied that he knew Bandon woman Anne Corcoran in reply to a Garda questionnaire circulated in the west Cork town following her disappearance in early 2009.

Gardaí first suspected Oliver Hayes in the disappearance of Cork widow Anne Corcoran after officers recognised his distinctive walk in CCTV footage taken when her bank account was being cleared out, it emerged today.

THERE was nothing unfortunate or accidental in the way Cork woman Anne Corcoran met her death, a jury at a murder trial heard yesterday.

A MURDER trial has heard that West Cork widow Anne Corcoran was abducted, beaten and robbed before her body was set on fire and later buried in a wood near Ballinspittle, Co Cork, last year.

A 50-year-old man abducted a 60-year-old widow from her home, brought her to his house in the boot of her car, beat her unconscious and left her to die while he cleaned out her bank account before going on a skiing holiday, a court heard.

A 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing a 60-year-old woman after detaining her without her consent in Co Cork last year.

A date has been set for the trial of a 49 year-old man accused of murdering a 60 year-old woman whose body was found buried in woodland in west Cork earlier this year.

A date has been set for the trial of a 49-year-old man accused of murdering a 60-year-old woman whose body was found buried in woodland in west Cork earlier this year.

A 49-year old man has been charged with the murder of Cork widow Anne Corcoran.

THE High Court has heard that a man held in custody on a charge of false imprisonment is to be also charged with the murder of west Cork widow Anne Corcoran in January.

THE complete Garda file on the investigation into the killing of a Co Cork widow is to be delivered to the DPP next Friday.

HUNDREDS of people are expected to pack St Patrick’s Church in Kilbrittain, Co Cork, tonight for the removal of Anne Corcoran, the 60-year-old widow whose body was found in a shallow grave last Friday.

Gardaí say the body found in a remote woods in west Cork yesterday is that of missing woman Anne Corcoran.

Gardaí are expected to identify the body found in a wooded area of west Cork yesterday as that of missing woman Anne Corcoran.

IT was the news the people of a tight-knit community had been expecting, but when it came it didn’t make the pain any easier to bear.

A man was tonight charged in connection with the disappearance of a widow after a body was discovered in a rural woodland.

A man is due to appear in court this evening, charged in connection with the disappearance of Cork woman Anne Corcoran.

Gardaí have sealed off a house in Bandon following the arrest of a man this morning on suspicion of murdering missing widow Anne Corcoran.

Gardaí in Co Cork have arrested a 49-year-old man on suspicion of murdering Anne Corcoran, who has been missing for more than two weeks.

GARDAÍ searching for a widow who disappeared in suspicious circumstances have asked people to contact them if they find any discarded car keys or mobile phones.

The search for a 60-year-old widow from West Cork has become one of the largest since the hunt for Midleton schoolboy Robert Holohan four years ago.

A COMMUNITY has rallied itself in a massive voluntary effort aimed at finding Anne Corcoran.

Gardaí are checking to see if a bank card belonging to Anne Corcoran was used by someone else since she went missing 16 days ago.

A major search operation is continuing in Co Cork this morning for missing woman Anne Corcoran.

GARDAÍ have drafted in specialist forensic experts to examine a car belonging to a 60-year-old widow who disappeared in suspicious circumstances.

Gardaí say they believe someone is harbouring valuable information about the disappearance of Co Cork woman Anne Corcoran.

GARDAÍ investigating the suspicious disappearance of a 60-year-old woman say they have a new confirmed sighting of the widow.

The search for a missing 60-year-old woman has resumed this morning.

The search for missing West Cork woman Anne Corcoran has been intensified, as the garda water unit and more than 200 members of the public join the search.