Court hears of written notes on doomed love affair

IT could have been the outline of a plot for a Mills & Boon fictional romance but one which bore more than a passing resemblance to reality.

Court hears of written notes on doomed love affair

The trial of Eamonn Lillis for the murder of his wife, Celine Cawley heard yesterday about the contents of a note found on his bedroom locker which he described to gardaí as “a short story” about a doomed love affair.

It made reference to a woman getting married to a man called Keith the following June. Gardaí pointed out that such a description fitted Jean Treacy, a 31-year-old beauty therapist with whom Lillis was having an affair.

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