Jury to begin deliberations today

BOTH sides have given their closing speeches at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a Cork painter charged with murdering a local widow.

The prosecutor told the jury that if ever there was a murder, then the killing of 60-year-old Anne Corcoran was it.

Oliver Hayes, aged 49, of Clancool Terrace, Bandon, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not guilty to murdering her between January 19 and 21, 2009, after abducting her from her farmhouse at Maulnaskimlehane, Kilbrittain. Hayes also admits falsely imprisoning her in his house and stealing €3,000 from her bank account following her death.