Nephew in fresh plea over murder of pensioner

The nephew of a gentle, nature-loving, pensioner, murdered in Cork, has appealed to the public to help solve the five-year mystery surrounding the brutal killing.

Nephew in fresh plea over murder of  pensioner

The 73-year-old victim, Christopher ‘Gussie’ Hornibrook, was a regular sight in his local Cork City neighbourhood carrying out a daily routine of feeding birds every morning.

CCTV footage of the quiet, reclusive pensioner in his local shop on the evening of Nov 5, 2007, was featured on RTÉ’s Crimecall last night in a bid to jog the public’s memory.

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