Imposing the mandatory life sentence on Danny Heyneman on Tuesday, Judge Tony Hunt said this was an attack of “extraordinary violence” within the supposed safety of the Heyneman home, adding that the couple’s “only apparent crime was to extend a place of safety to Danny and care for him".

The 32-year-old, with an address at Kilnavart, Ballyconnell in Co Cavan, pleaded guilty to a charge that he murdered Annie Heyneman at that address on January 11th 2025.