Man guilty of killing woman at home they shared
Derek Daly, aged 47, originally from Enfield, Co Meath, but with an address at St Vincent’s Hostel, Cork, had denied the murder of Catherine Smart, aged 57, at the home they shared at Ballick Court, Midleton, Co Cork, on Easter Sunday morning, April 4, 2010.
Ms Smart was subjected to a violent assault and died from multiple blunt force injuries to the head.