Couple contest killing verdict

A couple found guilty of unlawfully killing by neglect a 59-year-old multiple sclerosis sufferer have moved to appeal their convictions.

Evelyn Joel’s daughter, Eleanor, aged 41, and her partner Jonathan Costen, aged 43, with last addresses at Cluain Dara, Enniscorthy, pleaded not guilty to the unlawful killing of Evelyn by neglect in Co Wexford in January 2006.

Following a retrial, they were found guilty by a jury at Wexford Circuit Criminal Court and were given a two-year suspended sentence by Judge Seán O’Donnabháin in March 2013 on condition they carry out 230 hours of community service.