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‘Devil’ Granny danced with murdered husband’s skull

Having buried and burnt her husband's corpse she paraded around with his head on a pitchfork

By
JAMES O'BRIEN,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Thursday, July 29, 2010, 7:08 AM
Updated Thursday, July 29, 2010, 7:30 AM

 

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Vera McGrath celebrated killing her husband by throwing a party
Vera McGrath celebrated killing her husband by throwing a party

An Irish grandmother who murdered her husband threw a party to celebrate.

She also  burned the body and buried it but later dug up her husband’s head and paraded around with it on a pitchfork.

Vera McGrath, from County Westmeath, was found guilty of killing her husband Brian by beating him to death aided by her son-in -law in 1987.

The murder was one of a number of ‘cold case’ files recently reopened  by Irish police.

The court heard there was bad blood between the deceased and his son in law and that Vera McGrath took her son in law’s side during a bloody fight.

McGrath was found guilty of murder at Central Criminal Court on Monday and was  jailed for life. A statement from her daughter led to the case being re-opened.

Pinder, 47, was convicted  of McGrath's manslaughter and will be sentenced in November.

Pinder's son Leon told  the media his "devil" grandmother boasted to him about the killing.

"She decided to burn the body — they had a party when they did it. At one stage my grandfather's head was on a pitchfork and held up," Pinder, 22, said.

"Vera danced around the fire. The skull was smashed to pieces — I was told it was nearly smashed to dust."

Pinder said his grandmother also told him how the victim pleaded for his life before he was beaten to death by McGrath and his father.
 

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Posted by LinLinisme on Dec 17, 2010, 05:49 PM EST
OMG< this is so terrible, it's almost too much to understand how anyone could do something like this
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Posted by Stonegate on Aug 02, 2010, 09:20 AM EDT
Perhaps the husband keept her down for years and the son-in-law just brought things to a head. Or maybe she's nuts.
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Posted by murphy66 on Aug 02, 2010, 01:00 AM EDT
You think this is bad? Wait until you see what God does to people in Hell.
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Posted by jerryoneill on Jul 31, 2010, 02:35 PM EDT
A sweet granny, name of McGrath, Showed her husband a bit of her wrath, Danced around a bonfire, with his head on a spire, Saying, he is no body to me.
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Posted by veryluckyone on Jul 30, 2010, 02:40 PM EDT
I just wonder what he did to incur such a revenge? He may have finally been the victim after making others his own victims. I suspect primitive justice.
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Posted by HoundofUlster on Jul 30, 2010, 08:39 AM EDT
Dance Dance wherever you may be I am the Lord of the Dance said she!
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Posted by amenajari on Jul 30, 2010, 05:56 AM EDT
OMG ... this is just inhuman
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Posted by kateomprint on Jul 29, 2010, 02:09 PM EDT
How can people do this horrible stuff to each other. It is absolutely inhuman
 


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