RTE Claire Byrne Live viewers were left shook when the host read out a statement from the mother of a victim of a brutal murder.
Nadine Lott's mother described the scene at her daughter's apartment, where she was beaten by her former partner to the point where she was "completely unrecognisable", as one of "total horror".
Claire Lott told the Central Criminal Court today that her family are "haunted" by thoughts of her daughter's "terror, fear, panic and cries" during the "prolonged, evil attack" carried out by Daniel Murtagh, a man she described as a "monster".
Claire Byrne read out a lengthy segment of the victim impact statement which left viewers in shock.
One person took social media to write: "Oh my god that victim impact statement is horrific. That poor, poor family".
"Jesus Christ my goosebumps have goosebumps after hearing Nadine Lott’s mothers victim impact statement. I’m not the better of that , the poor family, especially her baby girl", Amanda said.
Another viewer wrote: "Well done #cblive for giving the space to read the powerful statement of Nadine’s mother."
A third person said: "That is an absolutely heartbreaking statement from the mother of Nadine Lott. The details of this murder are horrific. I hope the man who murdered her receives what he really deserves."
On August 5, Murtagh, of Melrose Grove, Bawnogue, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 was convicted by unanimous jury verdict of murdering his 30-year-old ex-partner Ms Lott at her apartment in St Mary's Court, Arklow, Co Wicklow on December 17, 2019. He had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter.
The judge then sentenced Murtagh to the mandatory term of life imprisonment for murder. The sentence was backdated to December 16 2019, when he went into custody.
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