Man, 27, gets life for murdering his mother

A young man who denied murdering his mother thinking he was setting her free from the cruelty of life was found guilty of murder yesterday.

Paul Horgan, aged 27, pleaded not guilty to the murder of his mother Marian, aged 60, at the family home at Murmont Avenue in Montenotte in Cork on November 24, 2015.

A jury of nine men and three women took just over one hour to reach a unanimous verdict of guilty yesterday. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment on Paul Horgan.