"A woman told her sister three weeks before she was killed that she would have to let her murder accused son "go", but the deceased "didn't want to hear it", a jury has heard."
"Helen O'Leary called her 75-year-old sister Miriam Burns, who died from her injuries inflicted by her son Billy Burns at her home in Killarney three years ago, "a saint with what Billy put her through for years"."
Helen O'Leary warned her 75-year-old sister Miriam Burns three weeks before Miriam's death that Miriam would have to let her son, Billy Burns, go. Miriam Burns died from injuries inflicted by her son, Billy Burns, at her home in Killarney three years ago. A jury heard that Miriam "didn't want to hear it" when told to release her son. Helen described Miriam as "a saint with what Billy put her through for years." Billy Burns is accused of murdering his mother. Family members remain affected by the loss and the allegations.
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