Gardai say son admitted snapping mother's neck

A young man accused of murdering his mother told gardai he grabbed her in a headlock and snapped her neck, and knowing she was dead, he strangled her again.

Gardai say son admitted snapping mother's neck

A young man accused of murdering his mother told gardai he grabbed her in a headlock and snapped her neck, and knowing she was dead, he strangled her again.

The accused man, Damien Donnan, had gone into his mother's bedroom on the night of the killing looking for a cigarette, the Central Criminal Court heard today. His mother, Jennifer Donnan woke up and asked him what he was doing.

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