Judge sentences four people, including husband, in grandmother Patricia O'Connor's murder case

76-year-old Augustine O'Connor from Mill Close Glasheen, Stamullen, Co Meath, pleaded guilty to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of his wife's murderer just before his trial was due to begin. Photo: Collins Courts

Three people who helped to cover up the murder of grandmother Patricia O'Connor have received prison sentences totalling seven years.

Justice Paul McDermott said the reaction of those present in the house following the murder of Ms O'Connor was "dreadful" and the impact of what happened to her has been "devastating and heartbreaking" for her siblings, her son Richard and her friends and former colleagues.