Man found guilty of murder by stamping on elderly Clare uncle with steel-capped boots

Garda witness told the jury that the pensioner had been severely beaten to the point where he was 'unrecognisable'

The jury agreed with the prosecution case that Thomas Lorigan was the man who was caught on CCTV delivering calculated, 'well-aimed' kicks. Picture: Eamon Ward

A Central Criminal Court jury has found a nephew guilty of murdering his 78-year-old uncle by stamping him to death while wearing steel-capped boots.

The jury agreed with the prosecution case that Thomas Lorigan was the man who was caught on CCTV delivering calculated, "well-aimed" kicks as widower John O'Neill lay helplessly on the ground outside his home in Lisdoonvarna in Co Clare.