Alan Cawley gets life for 'savage' double murder of elderly Mayo brothers described as 'angels'
A 30-year-old Mayo man has been sentenced to life in prison for the double murder of two elderly brothers with special needs in their Mayo home. He had bludgeoned them with a shovel and one of their walking sticks.
Alan Cawley of Four Winds, Corrinbla, Ballina, Co Mayo had admitted killing Thomas Blaine (aged 69) and John (Jack) Blaine (aged 76).
