Man found guilty of murdering a 69-year-old widow in Kilkenny

A 'cold case' investigation has solved a 30-year-old murder after a jury returned a guilty verdict against a man for strangling an elderly woman to death before setting her house on fire.

Man found guilty of murdering a 69-year-old widow in Kilkenny
Thu, 13 Apr, 2017 - 17:58

A 'cold case' investigation has solved a 30-year-old murder after a jury returned a guilty verdict against a man for strangling an elderly woman to death before setting her house on fire.

John Joseph Malone (53), of Newpark, Kilkenny City was found guilty today of the murder of 69-year-old Ann 'Nancy' Smyth on September 11, 1987 at her home on Wolfe Tone Street, Kilkenny.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: KilkennyPlace: Newpark, Kilkenny CityPlace: Wolfe Tone Street, KilkennyPlace: Wolfe Tone StPlace: John StreetPlace: Kilkenny CityPlace: Wolfe Tone StreetPerson: John Joseph MalonePerson: Ann 'Nancy' SmythPerson: MalonePerson: Eileen KellyPerson: JusticePerson: Patrick McCarthyPerson: SmythPerson: Desmond MurphyPerson: NancyPerson: Nancy SmythPerson: Ann LahartPerson: LahartPerson: Geraldine BrennanPerson: BrennanPerson: GardaíPerson: Jude CurranOrganisation: Central Criminal CourtOrganisation: Serious Crime Review TeamOrganisation: Presbyterian Bible
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