The State has been successful in pursuing the oldest murder prosecution in Irish history with a jury this morning finding a 74-year-old sex offender guilty of murdering vulnerable Cork woman Nora Sheehan 42 years ago
THE STATE HAS been successful in pursuing the oldest murder prosecution in Irish history with a jury this morning finding a 74-year-old sex offender guilty of murdering vulnerable Cork woman Nora Sheehan 42 years ago.
The 11 jurors rejected the defence put forward by Long’s legal team, who had argued that the State had failed to prove the intent required for murder and that in those circumstances, the most they could consider was a verdict of manslaughter. Long, a former British Army soldier with an address at Maulbawn, Passage West, Co Cork had pleaded not guilty to murdering 54-year-old Sheehan between 6 and 12 June 1981 at an unknown place within the State.
Former State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy, who was called by the defence, said the victim’s cause of death was unascertained. Verdict The jurors today found Long guilty of murder by unanimous verdict after five hours and 32 minutes considering their verdict.
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