Six years for blind man who strangled pensioner

A blind man has been sentenced to six years in prison by the Central Criminal Court for strangling a 60-year-old whose computers he was servicing.

Michael Byrne (aged 37) of Clonard Road, Crumlin, Dublin was charged with murdering Denis Brennan at Bow Bridge complex, Kilmainham, Dublin between July 5 and July 8 last year.