Man gets life for murder of 65-year-old mother

A 26-year-old man was jailed for life after a jury found him guilty of the murder of a 65-year-old who was “the best mum in the whole world”, at the Central Criminal Court today.

Conor Grogan (aged 26), of Avonbeg Park, Tallaght, Dublin, and Timothy Rattigan (aged 26), of St Dominick’s Terrace, Tallaght, Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mrs Joan Casey (aged 65) at Avonbeg Park on April 3, 2004.