Cavanman admits killing 'Good Samaritan' who took him in

A Cavanman, who stabbed and battered to death the 'Good Samaritan" who took him in, pleaded guilty to her killing today (Friday).

Joseph Dolan (29) of no fixed abode was due to go on trial in Dungannon on Monday accused of murdering Fermanagh woman Pauline Kilkenny (59) at her isolated bungalow sometime between the November 4 and 16, 2018. He is also charged with stealing Ms Kilkenny's Fiat Panda car and implicating his former girlfriend in the killing. 
However, in an unexpected development today (Friday) defence QC James Gallagher asked for Dolan, who has previous convictions for violence, to be re-arraigned before the Dungannon Crown Court, sitting in Belfast.
When the murder charge was put to Dolan, he replied simply: "Not guilty to murder... but guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility."
Prosecution QC Ciraran Murphy told Mr Justice Colton that they had the opportunity of considering psychiatric reports and, on the balance of those reports, his manslaughter plea was accepted.
However, Mr Murphy added that they may be an adendem report, as there was the question of Dolan's dangerousness, which may also require oral evidence from one or other of the doctors.
Mr Justice Colton, who remanded Dolan back into custody for sentencing in the New Year, having read the reports, said he could "well see the merit and sense of the aproach taken in this case".
Throughout the short proceeding Dolan sat in the dock with his head downcast and, on being led out of court, did not look in the direction of the public gallery just feet away, where Ms Kilknenny's sisters and brother-in-law and other family members were sitting.
No details surounding the killing of Ms Kilkenny were given today (Friday). However, it is understood she was stabbed up to 30 times and battered in her isolated home, a mile off the Cornacully Road, halfway between Belcoo and Garrison.
Ms Kilkenny (below), a keen animal lover, who often took in strays, was found by her sister, after concerns were raised when she did not show up for work.

She had provided a home for Dolan, who'd returned from the Irish Republic, where he had 27 previous convictions, including for 'violent disorder'.
In January 2013, he was sentenced to three years for robbery and for beating a Drogheda pensioner 'as hard as he could' with the victim's umbrella, and then hours later stabbing a local taxi driver.