Man who murdered retired soldier with sweeping brush jailed

A Limerick man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a retired soldier with a sweeping brush.

Christopher McNamara, 21, of Good Shepherd Villas, Pennywell road in Limerick had pleaded not guilty to the murder of James Boyce, 71, at St Munchins Street, St Mary’s Park in Limerick between March 6 2011 and March 7 2011.