"A 55-year-old Kerry man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the "violent" murder of his "wonderful" and "hardworking" mother - described as someone who "always had a smile for everyone" - whom he strangled to death at her Killarney home three years ago. Billy Burns had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 75-year-old mother Miriam Burns, but a jury unanimously rejected that defence earlier this week."
"A 55-year-old Kerry man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the "violent" murder of his "wonderful" and "hardworking" mother - described as someone who "always had a smile for everyone" - whom he strangled to death at her Killarney home three years ago."
A 55-year-old man from Kerry received a life sentence after strangling his 75-year-old mother at her Killarney home three years ago. The victim, Miriam Burns, was described as "wonderful" and "hardworking" and someone who "always had a smile for everyone." The defendant, Billy Burns, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. A jury unanimously rejected the insanity defence earlier this week. The killing was characterized as violent and resulted in a life imprisonment sentence following the jury's decision to reject the insanity plea.
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