Dublin businessman on trial for wife’s murder at family home

A DUBLIN businessman is due to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin today charged with the murder of his wife at their family home just over a year ago.

Eamonn Lillis, aged 52, is accused of killing his wife, Celine Cawley, at their home at Windgate Road, Howth, Dublin, on December 15, 2008.

Ms Cawley was discovered in an unconscious state in her nightdress on the patio of their house “Rowan Hill” that morning. She died a short time later at Beaumont Hospital as a result of extensive head injuries inflicted with a blunt object, according to the results of a post mortem examination.