Celine’s sister: I’ll never know the truth

THE sister of manslaughter victim Celine Cawley has spoken of her torment at how she will never know how she died at the hands of her husband, Eamon Lillis.

“The endless lies and scenarios are all that are in my mind, as is the terrifying realisation that I will probably never really know what happened on December 15, 2008,” said Ms Cawley’s sister Susanna in a victim impact statement. “Was she in pain? Was she conscious? Was she frightened? Did she think of [daughter’s name]? Did she know she was dying?”

Lillis, known as Prisoner No 55511, spent last night at the remand facilities in Cloverhill Prison in Clondalkin. The 52-year-old TV advertising director returns to the Central Criminal Court this morning to find out the term of imprisonment he will face.