Macroom murder: Unanimous guilty verdict ends tale of misery and violence

Mary O’Driscoll the sister of the late Timmy Foley reading a victim impact statement after the murder trial at Anglesea Street court in Cork today. Picture Dan Linehan. 

Just over two years since gardaí found a 44-year-old man dying in a pool of blood in a house in Macroom after being stabbed 28 times, his ex-wife was today found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.

On the 13th day of the trial and after deliberating for six hours and 17 minutes commencing last Friday afternoon, the jury of seven women and five men at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork returned today with their unanimous guilty verdict.