Second life sentence for female killer this year

A 37-year-old Cork mother-of-three has been sentenced to life in prison for murder for a second time this year.

Kinsale native Catherine O’Connor pleaded guilty to murdering her 42-year-old neighbour, John Forrester, when arraigned before the Central Criminal Court yesterday.

O’Connor of Bridge House, Seán Hales Place, Bandon, murdered the English father-of-four in Bridge House on Nov 12, 2011. They each occupied a flat in the house.