Bachelor died of stab wound to the chest

THE bachelor who was murdered outside his home in Croom, Co Limerick, early Saturday morning, died from a stab wound to the chest, a post mortem carried out yesterday revealed.

Gardaí believe that Liam O’Donovan was woken up by noises outside his house and when he looked out the window of his semi-detached bungalow, saw a man trying to steal his 1997 Hyundai car.

“It would seem he went out and when he challenged the person trying to take his car, he was attacked and stabbed,” a garda source said.