MURDERER

A CO Cork painter has been found guilty of murdering 60-year-old widow Ann Corcoran after abducting her from her farmhouse during a robbery.

The jury of five women and seven men reached a majority verdict of 10 to 2 after three hours and 41 minutes of deliberating at the Central Criminal Court.

Oliver Hayes, aged 49, of Clancool Terrace, Bandon, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murdering her between January 19 and 21, 2009. Hayes admitted falsely imprisoning her in his home and stealing €3,000 from her bank account following her death.