Man gets life for strangling wife

A Kildare lorry driver was jailed for life today after he admitted strangling his estranged wife at his mobile home after a day long drinking session.

Noel Coyne (aged 44), of Station Road, Allenwood, Co Kildare, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of his wife Mrs Carmel Coyne (aged 38), a mother of four and native of Edenderry, Co Offaly, in Co Kildare between August 11 and 12, 2002.