John Joseph Malone charged with 1987 murder in Kilkenny

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

John Joseph Malone is charged with murdering 69-year-old Ann ‘Nancy’ Smyth at her home on Wolfe Tone Street in Kilkenny on 11 September 1987. She was strangled before her house was set on fire.

Malone has pleaded not guilty. The proceedings were reported on 3 April 2017.

At the Central Criminal Court, Ann Malone, the accused’s former sister-in-law, gave evidence that he had told her he had murdered Smyth and got away with it. She was due to be cross-examined by the defence.

The trial was continuing before Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy and a jury.