The mother of a woman killed in a house fire three years ago has told the man convicted of her murder that he “stole her future” and left two children without their mother.
George Turner (56) murdered Emma McCrory (née Costello) (45) by setting fire to her home on December 15th, 2022.
He told gardaí he did it because he believed she had “no quality of life” and he wanted to “take her out of her pain”. However, he later told officers he thought the fire might cause her to be evicted and that she would go live with him.
In a statement at court on Fr
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