Jury finds Lillis guilty of manslaughter

Eamonn Lillis has been found not guilty of murdering his wife, Celine Cawley, but guilty of her manslaughter in their Howth home while their daughter was at school.

The jury of six women and six men said the state had failed to prove intent. They took nine and a half hours over two and a half days to reach a majority decision of 10 to 2.