Named in reporting

Ann Butler

Born 1951, from the ages reported. 23 reports across 1 case, 28 Feb 2022 to 2 Apr 2022

Victim: Ann Butler, Irish woman, 70 (judged from name)Ann Butler

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
1951, from the ages reported
Offences
Murder
Where
Co. Kilkenny
Reporting
23 reports, 28 Feb 2022 to 2 Apr 2022
Outlets
extra.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, irishtimes.com, rte.ie, irishmirror.ie, kilkennypeople.ie, thejournal.ie

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Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced to life for murder of pensioner in Kilkenny Murder · Co. Kilkenny

    Ann Butler, a 71-year-old woman, was beaten, stabbed and mutilated at her home on Maudlin Street, Kilkenny, on 20 March 2020. Trevor Rowe, a 30-year-old man from Abbey Street, Kilkenny, was arrested on 25 March 2020 after three anonymous 999 calls were traced to him. He pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court, with a defence of intoxication by drink and drugs. A jury found him guilty of murder on 11 March 2022 after one hour and 19 minutes of deliberation, unanimously rejecting the intoxication defence. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by Ms Justice Karen O'Connor on 1 April 2022.

    Sentenced, 1 Apr 2022Victim · 23 reports

Timeline

every report naming Ann Butler, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 2 Apr2022
    ‘Her sanctuary became a tomb’ – daughter’s words as man jailed for murder of mum - Extra.ie
    victim, Anne Butler, 70, female, irish (judged from name)Anne Butler
  2. 1 Apr2022
    'Death had a face': Man sentenced for 'unnatural terror' inflicted on murdered pensioner
    victim, Anne Butler, 70, female, irish (judged from name)Anne Butler
  3. 1 Apr2022
    Murderer who inflicted ‘unnatural terror’ on pensioner jailed for life
    victim, Anne Butler, 70, female, irish (judged from name)Anne Butler
  4. 1 Apr2022
    Man sentenced to life in prison for Kilkenny murder
    victim, Anne Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Anne Butler
  5. 11 Mar2022
    Jury reaches verdict without delay in trial of man for brutal murder of elderly women
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  6. 11 Mar2022
    Man who stabbed and mutilated Kilkenny pensioner found guilty of murder
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  7. 11 Mar2022
    Trevor Rowe found guilty of murder of pensioner Ann Butler
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  8. 11 Mar2022
    Breaking: Trevor Rowe guilty of brutal murder of Kilkenny woman Ann Butler (71)
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  9. 10 Mar2022
    *Reader warning* Pensioner beaten and mutilated, had cardboard in mouth, pathologist tells Kilkenny murder trial
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  10. 10 Mar2022
    Pensioner was mutilated, had cardboard in mouth, pathologist tells murder trial
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  11. 9 Mar2022
    'Just me, God and that woman': Kilkenny murder-accused refused to give gardai reason for killing
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  12. 9 Mar2022
    Man accused of killing pensioner refused to give a reason to Gardaí, court hears
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  13. 8 Mar2022
    'I can't even close my f***ing eyes with the nightmare I see', Kilkenny murder-accused told gardaí
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  14. 4 Mar2022
    CCTV shows murder accused walking towards pensioner’s home, court hears
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  15. 4 Mar2022
    Woman (71) was found with lacerations and head injury, Kilkenny murder trial hears
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  16. 2 Mar2022
    Kilkenny murder accused told detective he committed 'five other murders', trial hears
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  17. 2 Mar2022
    Murder accused told detective he committed 'five other murders', and worked for the Kinahans, trial hears
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  18. 2 Mar2022
    Kilkenny murder trial: Gardai found accused man hysterically shouting
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  19. 1 Mar2022
    'Call me God', Kilkenny murder-accused allegedly said on 999 call
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  20. 1 Mar2022
    Trial of man accused of murdering Kilkenny pensioner opens at Central Criminal Court
    victim, Anne Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Anne Butler
  21. 1 Mar2022
    Man who reported killing woman in 999 call said ‘call me God’, court told
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  22. 1 Mar2022
    Man goes on trial for murder of Ann Butler in Kilkenny
    victim, Ann Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Ann Butler
  23. 28 Feb2022
    Jury sworn for trial of man accused of murdering Kilkenny pensioner in her home
    victim, Anne Butler, 71, female, irish (judged from name)Anne Butler

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