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A Co Cork man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of widow Anne Corcoran after abducting her from her farmhouse during a robbery last year.

Oliver Hayes (49), a painter, with an address in Clancool Terrace, Bandon, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter but had denied murdering Mrs Corcoran (60) between January 19th and 21st, 2009.