Clare man cleared of murdering sister with hammer

The 21-year-old Clare man who killed his sister with a hammer has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility by a jury in the Central Criminal Court yesterday.

Patrick O'Dwyer, then 19, of Shrohill, Ennistymon, Co Clare, had pleaded not guilty to murdering his 17-year-old sister Marguerite at the family home on November 29, 2004.