Celine Cawley's family fail in bid to block husband from share in assets

The family of the late Celine Cawley have failed to strip her husband and killer Eamon Lillis of assets held jointly by the couple.

His daughter Georgia Lillis had sought High Court orders stopping the 53-year-old from retaining a share in Dublin properties valued at over €1m.

Eamon Lillis' 19-year-old daughter Georgia maintains she "would rather stick pins in her eyes" than let her father return to the family home in Howth on his release from prison.

The teenager, along with the family of her late mother Celine Cawley, wanted court orders stripping him of assets he shared with his wife before he killed her in December 2008.

They argued that, had she not been killed, the busineswoman who was younger than him, would have outlived her husband. They claimed he should not profit from his crime.

However Ms Justice Mary Laffoy upheld what she said was Eamon Lillis' existing right to a 50% stake in the Rowan Hill property and other investments.

She said she had no jurisdiction to interfere any further and she urged the parties to reach agreement as to how divide their joint assets.