An Offaly man who beat a Cork widow so violently it left blood splatters throughout his flat has been jailed for four years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An Offaly man who beat a Cork widow and mother of six so violently it left blood splatters throughout his flat has had his sentence adjourned again by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

An Offaly man, who beat a Cork widow and mother of six so violently it left blood splatters throughout his flat has had his sentence adjourned again by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

GARDAÍ have launched a major inquiry after the death of a Cork widow who is believed to have been beaten and deliberately immersed in a bath of boiling water.