A man has been handed a life sentence for the murder of Lisa Thompson in Dublin.
Brian McHugh, of Cairn Court, Ballymun, strangled the mother-of-two with the cord from a blind, and stabbed her in the chest eleven times
Lisa Thompson’s body was found in her home by a concerned neighbour the day after Brian McHugh killed her in May 2022.
She and McHugh knew each other and during his trial, the jury heard they had what was described as, “a bit of a fling,” the year before.
His DNA was found on the cord of a blind that he used to strangle her with; and he was also identified as a suspect from CCTV footage.
Through a victim impact statement, read out by her sister, Ashley; Ms Thompson’s children said they were glad they got justice for their mother’s murder.
They said she was killed by someone they thought they could trust; someone who played with them in their home – the home where McHugh brutally killed her.
They said he left her there to die and stole from her afterwards.
Ms Thompson’s teenage daughter also told the Central Criminal Court in her victim impact statement that she will never forget repeat offender Brian McHugh’s “face or evil eyes” and that his name will “haunt” her for the rest of her life.
She added: “You went in that night and brutally killed her, left her there to die and then robbed her of what she owned ... We lost our mam to someone we thought we could trust. Someone that played with us and once laughed and joked with us in the same home you took my mam’s life.
“All that me and my brother have left are memories and photos of her. If we want to talk to her we have to visit a patch of grass and just be reminded of what you have done to our mother.”
