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07/10/2008
Life Sentence For Man Convicted Of Finbar Dennehy Murder
A man has been jailed for life at Dublin's Central Criminal Court, after pleading guilty to the murder of Finbar Dennehy in the city last year.
Michael Downes, 42, of no fixed abode, admitted to the murder of Mr Dennehy, who was found dead in his apartment in Clontarf, north Dublin, in September last year.
Mr Dennehy, 50, had been stabbed and strangled and was found tied up with a plastic bag over his head.
(KMcA)
Michael Downes, 42, of no fixed abode, admitted to the murder of Mr Dennehy, who was found dead in his apartment in Clontarf, north Dublin, in September last year.
Mr Dennehy, 50, had been stabbed and strangled and was found tied up with a plastic bag over his head.
(KMcA)
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