Lynn Eagar jailed for life for murdering her children

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Lynn Eagar was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her two children at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 30 November 2023.

Eagar had pleaded guilty to murdering Thelma Dennany, five, and her two-year-old brother Michael, after setting fire to the car they were in at Lackan, Multyfarnham, in 2022.

The judge imposed a life sentence for each murder. The children’s father told the court that their deaths had left him heartbroken and that money saved for a home extension was spent on their burial.