Czech man sentenced for rape and murder of Longford woman

A Czech national has today been given a mandatory life sentence by Mr Justice Liam McKechnie for murdering a Longford mother last year and a concurrent 13-year term for raping her on the same occasion.

David Brozovsky (aged 19) with an address at Grian Ard, Ard na Casa, Longford pleaded guilty to raping and murdering 37-year-old Sharon Coughlan at Great Water Street, Longford on September 15, 2007.