One moment he was partying, the next he was in jail charged with murder

LIFE was good for William Monaghan in late 2002.

Life changed utterly in just a few minutes late one night on October 2002.

Sitting in the kitchen of his mother's home in Oldcastle, Co Meath, Monaghan is contemplating his future, has found religion and no longer drinks or smokes. He is happy to be back home and not facing the prospect of spending more than 25 years in a California state penitentiary.