Killer living with deceased man’s widow and child

A man who admitted killing a 42-year-old man on Christmas Eve two years ago is living with the deceased’s widow and child, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

David Shanley, aged 47, of Courtown Harbour, Gorey, Co Wexford, pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter of John Lawlor on December 24 or 25, 2014, at Ballinatray Lower, Courtown Harbour, Gorey.

Last month, John O’Kelly, prosecuting, said the State accepted the plea of guilty to manslaughter. Patrick Gageby, defending, said there was a “complex inter-family relationship at play” in the case.