Woman gets 'Get Out of Jail Free Card' after conviction for disposal of husband's body

A woman has been handed an 18-month prison sentence for helping to dispose of her husband's body in Co. Westmeath in 1987.

Woman gets 'Get Out of Jail Free Card' after conviction for disposal of husband's body
Thu, 05 Jun, 2014 - 14:23

A woman has been handed an 18-month prison sentence for helping to dispose of her husband's body in Co. Westmeath in 1987.

However, Vera McGrath of Fordstown in Navan, Co. Meath, will not serve any of it because of what was described in court as a "Get Out of Jail Free Card".

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