Murderer Michael Leonard dies in hospital following cancer battle 

Michael Leonard, 63, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of 72-year-old Mary O'Keeffe in a woodland at Donerail
Murderer Michael Leonard dies in hospital following cancer battle 

Michael Leonard

A man who was sentenced to life in prison after murdering a Cork woman by setting fire to his car while she was inside it has died.

Michael Leonard, 63, from Limerick, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of 72-year-old Mary O'Keeffe in a woodland at Doneraile, Co Cork on February 4, 2021. 

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