US court jails woman for beating priest to death

A WOMAN who beat an Irish priest to death with a concrete block has been jailed for 40 years in Florida.

Delta Sue Allen, 34, was given the maximum term by a Pensacola judge following a plea bargain reached last November.

She had faced murder, robbery and battery charges for her role in the death of Fr Oliver Barrett, 81, originally from Kinsale, Co Cork.