‘Nine years, and I never get to see his face again’

The wife of a man who was beaten to death with an axe had to be removed from court when his killer was sentenced to nine years in prison.

On hearing the sentence handed down by Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy at the Central Criminal Court, Lisa Nevin became emotional and began screaming. She could be heard saying: “Nine years, and I never get to see his face again.”

Her family and gardaí tried to get her to be quiet before she was taken out of court.