Man who killed wife in struggle spared jail
Judge Patricia Ryan said Thomas Breen’s family accepted his expression of remorse as genuine and that he loved his wife, Carmel, very much.
In a statement by Breen, which was read out by his defence counsel, Deirdre Murphy SC, he said he was “deeply sorry for the hurt and pain caused to the family. I wish I could go back to that horrible night. I loved Carmel for 43 years and I still love her and miss her so much”.