Ex-soldier found guilty of killing prostitute

A retired member of the defence forces has been acquitted of murdering a prostitute in Co Westmeath four years ago but found guilty of her manslaughter.

Father-of-three Jimmy Devaney (aged 67, pictured below) of Millbrook Avenue, Monksland, Athlone had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering Marie Greene in Westmeath on February 13, 2011.