Legal history as widow sues contract killers in B&B row

In what is believed to be the first case of its kind, a woman is suing the men who were involved in the contract killing of her husband 13 years ago.

Terence Madden was gunned down outside his home on Jan 28, 1999. In court, his killing was blamed on a grudge held by one of the men over the fact that the Maddens were running a bed and breakfast business near his mother’s B&B.

The High Court yesterday was told Mr Madden’s wife Margaret suffered a heart attack as her husband bled to death outside the backdoor of their Sligo home.