No emotion on show as intimate texts revealed

IF the public airing of intimate text messages between lovers caused any embarrassment for Eamonn Lillis, it did not register on his face yesterday in court.

The 52-year-old businessman showed no emotion as he sat at the front of the crowded courtroom, glasses perched on the end of his nose, as he pored over phone records, while prosecution lawyers read evidence about his regular mobile phone contact with his 31-year-old mistress, Jean Treacy, in the weeks before the death of his wife, Celine Cawley.

Day 5 of the trial was dominated by details of phone records between the accused and Ms Treacy – the beauty therapist whom he met at a salon in Howth.