Mother’s plea for aid to pay for Spanish trial solicitor

A MOTHER of a young woman killed in Spain is pleading with the Government to help pay for a solicitor to assist in a forthcoming trial.

Sandra Conroy’s 26-year-old daughter, Celine, was beaten to death in front of her three children at a holiday home in Alicante in August 2005.

Her long-term partner Paul Hickey, 29, was charged in connection with her death and his trial is expected to begin in October.