Appeal for help over pensioner’s murder

GARDAÍ, investigating the brutal murder of a pensioner in his home in Cork almost a year ago, yesterday renewed their appeal for help yesterday after an inquest.

Appeal for help over pensioner’s murder

Christopher “Gussie” Hornibrook, 73, died from a combination of blunt force trauma to the chest and neck — restraint asphyxia — in association with severe heart disease, Cork Coroner’s Court was told.

The pensioner was found with his hands and legs tied in a downstairs room of his terraced house at Templeacre Avenue, Gurranebraher, on Cork’s northside, on November 6 last.

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