Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal  conviction for murder of 90-year-old Waterford farmer

Ross Outram was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Paddy Lyons, who was found to have suffered multiple blows to his head and neck from a blunt weapon and had fractures in his hip joint, jaw bone and ribs, the court heard

Ross Outram was found guilty in 2019 by a Central Criminal Court jury of murdering 90-year-old Paddy Lyons at Loughleagh, Ballysaggart, Lismore, Co Waterford. File picture

The Supreme Court has refused to grant permission to a man to appeal his conviction for the murder of a 90-year-old Co Waterford farmer in 2017.

Ross Outram was found guilty in 2019 by a Central Criminal Court jury of murdering 90-year-old Paddy Lyons at Loughleagh, Ballysaggart, Lismore, Co Waterford, at an unknown time between February 23 and 26 in 2017. The retired farmer, who lived alone and suffered a number of health conditions, had been discovered beaten to death in his own home.