Ireland Crime

Named as

Accused

Offences

Murder

Where

Co. Cork

Reporting

2 reports, 18 Nov 2021 to 18 Nov 2021

Outlets

corkbeo.ie, irishmirror.ie

• Cork murder convict dies of Covid-19 in Midlands Prison Murder · Co. Cork

  In November 2008, John Walsh, 56, from Mitchelstown, Cork, battered 25-year-old John McManus, who had a prior brain injury, to death in a flat on Wellington Road, Cork, and McManus's body, bearing over 100 injuries, was found dumped on waste ground. Walsh was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2010, while his then-girlfriend Gillian Purcell was acquitted when a judge directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict due to lack of evidence. Walsh, who had been serving his sentence in Midlands Prison and was suffering from terminal cancer, contracted Covid-19 and was taken to Portlaoise Hospital, where he died on 15 November 2021, becoming the first prisoner in the Irish prison system to die of the virus behind bars.

  Sentenced, 18 Nov 2021Accused · 2 reports

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1. 18 Nov2021
   Sentencedcorkbeo.ie, in Cork murder convict dies of Covid-19 in Midlands Prison

   Brutal killer who murdered young man in Cork flat dies of Covid in prison

   accused, Gillian Purcell, female, named, irish (judged from name)Gillian Purcell♀IE
2. 18 Nov2021
   Otheririshmirror.ie, in Cork murder convict dies of Covid-19 in Midlands Prison

   Brutal killer who murdered young man and dumped body dies from Covid in prison

   accused, Gillian Purcell, female, named, irish (judged from name)Gillian Purcell♀IE

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