Pensioner's killer gets six years

A Tipperary man involved in the killing of Galway pensioner Tommy Casey, who was beaten and left to die in his home in 1996, was sentenced to six years today in the Central Criminal Court.

Ms Justice Carroll said she had taken into account the fact that the accused man, Patrick O’Connor, was co-operating with gardai in their investigation into another man, said to have a larger involvement in the attack on Tommy Casey.