Jury finds man guilty of arson

A jury took two and a half hours today to return a guilty verdict in the case against a man accused of setting fire to a house of apartments where a young woman died three years ago.

The jury of eight men and four women gave their 10-2 majority decision after a week of evidence in the case against Oliver Walsh, 47, of St. John’s Terrace, Roman Street, Cork, on the one charge of committing arson contrary to the Criminal Damage Act of 1991 at Langford Row, Summerhill South, Cork, on April 9 2002.