Danny Keena found guilty of murder for 'strangling the life' out of mother of his children

A Westmeath man has been found guilty of murdering the mother of his children by "strangling the life out of her" two months after she had left him.

A Westmeath man faces a life sentence, after being convicted of murdering the mother of his children by "strangling the life out of her" two months after she had left him.

Danny Keena of Empor, Ballynacargy was on trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with the murder of 43-year-old Brigid Maguire on November 14, 2015; she and their two children had left him that September.