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27/02/2012
Mechanic Sentenced For Partner's Killing
A mechanic has been handed a seven year jail sentence for killing his partner.
Bernard Curran, 53, of The Weir, Lucan, told the court that he had been trying to kill himself but Helen Donegan, grabbed the gun and it went off.
Curran hid the mother of one's body and reported her missing.
The father-of-two falsely aided her family in the search for her body.
(GK)
Bernard Curran, 53, of The Weir, Lucan, told the court that he had been trying to kill himself but Helen Donegan, grabbed the gun and it went off.
Curran hid the mother of one's body and reported her missing.
The father-of-two falsely aided her family in the search for her body.
(GK)
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