Nun's sex killer 'may strike again'

A vicious sex attacker who strangled a nun in the grounds of her convent could strike again, gardai warned today.

Mon, 17 Dec, 2001 - 10:23

A vicious sex attacker who strangled a nun in the grounds of her convent could strike again, gardai warned today.

Det Supt Tom Long, leading the hunt for the killer of 68-year-old Sister Philomena Lyons, said the chance that he may strike again was of ‘‘great concern’’ to him.

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