‘Prophets’ get death penalty for killing Irish missionaries

TWO men were yesterday sentenced to death for killing a priest and an Irish nun during an attack on a St Lucia church in which they doused parishioners with petrol and set them alight.

‘Prophets’ get death penalty for killing Irish missionaries
Thu, 01 May, 2003 - 01:00
Jim Caldwell

Kim John, 22, and Francis Phillip, 35, showed little emotion when the judge read the sentence in the Caribbean island’s capital of Castries.

The men were found guilty murdering Sister Theresa Egan, 73, and Father Charles Gaillard, 62. They beat the nun to death and set the priest alight.

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