Family’s ‘delight’ at decision to review unsolved murder

THE family of an elderly shopkeeper who was bound, beaten and left to die has welcomed the decision by the Garda unsolved crimes unit to review the case.

Eddie Fitzmaurice, 83, was found dead at his drapery shop in Bellaghy, a village outside Charlestown on the Sligo-Mayo border on May 6, 1998.

The popular businessman was severely beaten, gagged, and left bound to a chair for five days before a neighbour discovered him.