Arsonist gets eight years for fatal attack

In a victim impact statement, the woman’s family said they cannot forgive the accused and she inflicted “a terrible pain”, on them.
Nicola Kavanagh, aged 28, of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, Co Louth, admitted the manslaughter of Eva Berrill, aged 73. She also pleaded guilty to arson to the Berrill family home on the Chord Rd, Drogheda, on August 16, 2014.