I decided to rob her to pay debts, says killer

ANNE CORCORAN’s killer was being pursued by his credit union for more than €10,000 of bad debt and had paid nothing off his mortgage in almost two years when he decided to rob the 60-year-old widow.

Oliver Hayes, aged 49, of Clancool Terrace, Bandon, entered the witness box at the Central Criminal Court yesterday. He said he was under other financial pressure at the time too.

“Some people were on to me a lot to get paid for things,” he said. “I had a lot of sleepless nights wondering where money was going to come from.”