Court rejects murder appeal

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today rejected an appeal brought by Co Donegal man against his conviction for the murder of his estranged wife, whose remains he then burnt at the back of the family home.

In November 2005 Gary McCrea (aged 41), of Ballybulgin, Laghy, Co Donegal, was jailed after a jury found him guilty of the murder of his wife and the mother of his four children, Dolores McCrea (aged 39), of Ballintra, Co Donegal, on a date unknown between January 20 and January 22, 2004.