Killer ‘identified more’ with animals than humans

A TOP criminal profiler has told how the painter who kidnapped and murdered widow Ann Corcoran returned to her West Cork home twice to feed her dogs because he identified more with animals than humans.

The 60-year-old was abducted, beaten and left to die in the rubbish-strewn home of her killer Oliver Hayes in January 2009 so he could rifle €3,000 from her bank accounts to go on an Austrian holiday.

The TV3 documentary, 24 Hours to Kill, reveals how Hayes showed little remorse about torturing and killing the Kilbrittain widow but burst into tears when questioned about her dogs by police.