2024-05-16
'Solitary and sad' man killed 88-year-old mother by setting fire to Donegal home
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She said that in the "absence of family support", Lohse will "require some structure in the community when he does conclude his prison sentence." Garda Ciara Gibbons told prosecution counsel, Philipp Rahn SC, that when firefighters arrived at the scene they found Ms Lohse seated in an armchair in the sitting room of her home.; Ms Justice Melanie Greally asked for a probation report to be prepared and adjourned sentencing until July 29.