Courtney to seek release from prison

A legal challenge by convicted murderer Sean Courtney who was jailed 15 years ago for the brutal killing of a Dublin woman Patricia O'Toole aimed at securing his release from prison is due before the High Court next week.

In 1993 former army private Courtney (aged 41), of South Circular Road, Dublin was found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court of murdering Mrs O'Toole (aged 32), an insurance employee from Killiney, in August, 1991, at Mount Venus Road, the Dublin Mountains, Rathfarnham.