Joe O'Reilly found guilty

Irish readers will no doubt be aware of the case - it's attracted unprecedented media attention - but for those not in the know, mother of two Rachel O'Reilly was found murdered in October 2004 in a staged burglary. Joe O'Reilly immediately began courting the press and behaving very strangely for a grieving husband, and soon he was the prime suspect of both the Gardai and the press.

The Gardai took nearly three years to build a case against O'Reilly because the evidence available was purely circumstantial, as his DNA was legitimately all over the crime scene, the home they shared. But in the end the mobile phone and CCTV evidence, coupled with proof of O'Reilly's lies about the state of their marriage, was enough for the jury to find him guilty of murder yesterday.

You can read more about the case here.