Killer jailed for life as Corkman’s family mourn loss

THE killer of a 25-year-old Co Cork man was jailed for life yesterday as the murdered man’s family described the terrible loss and being left with an empty space at their table.

Mr Justice Paul Carney imposed the mandatory life sentence on John Walsh, aged 45, originally from Ballinlough, Cork, and more recently of Cork Street, Mitchelstown.

He was convicted of murdering John McManus in October 2008 at the victim’s flat at Verdon Place, Wellington Road, Cork.