Man who stored body in freezer for five years to be sentenced on Friday

A Galway father-of-four, who beat a Dublin criminal to death and stored his body in a freezer for five years, will be sentenced on Friday at the Central Criminal Court.

Edward Griffin (aged 45) of Cimin Mor, Cappagh Road, Knocknacarra, Galway pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 52-year-old Patrick McCormack in June 2002 at a fish shop on Henry Street in Galway.