Spurned man ‘executed’ woman in front of children

A MAN obsessed with an Irish mother-of-three broke into her home and executed her with a bolt gun in front of her terrified daughters.

John McFarlane, 40, who worked as a slaughterman, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years at London’s Old Bailey.

Dubliner Mary Griffiths, 38, had called police just hours earlier to voice her fears that McFarlane was stalking her after she had rejected his advances. Arrangements had been made for a police officer to come round but the appointment was postponed until the next day. An investigation into Suffolk Police’s handling of the case has since been launched.