Man jailed for life for murder of neighbour

A TIPPERARY man was yesterday jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of his next-door neighbour after a series of violent incidents in a quiet rural hamlet.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Limerick, unanimously found 42-year-old Richard Higgins from 1, New Houses, Lattin, guilty of the murder of Sean Murphy, aged 29.

The trial, which lasted 12 days, heard Mr Murphy’s two children had screamed in terror as they watched the fatal attack on their father from the front window of their home, No 2, New Houses, in January 2010.