{"product_id":"9780717162741","title":"Lifers: Ireland's evil killers and how they were caught","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere have never been so many killers in Irish prisons.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNearly 1 in 10 Irish prisoners are serving life sentences for murder — and many more are on temporary release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardened crime reporter Barry Cummins tells the shocking true stories of some of Ireland’s most notorious murderers and their horrific crimes. \u003ci\u003eLifers\u003c\/i\u003e covers savage killings going back more than 50 years. This book gives a full account of these depraved crimes, through the investigation, trial and sentencing of the killers to life in prison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFather-of-five John Crerar, convicted on DNA evidence from a semen sample 23 years after he brutally raped, battered and strangled an innocent young woman who had been out Christmas shopping;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark Nash, who stabbed a couple to death in a frenzied attack and seriously assaulted another woman in a house where six children lay sleeping;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrian Willoughby, who jumped and danced on his teenage victim’s head, while out on bail for three horrific random assaults on men in Dublin city.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAs this harrowing but compelling book shows, the criminals may not get away with murder, but it’s the victims’ families who really suffer a life sentence.","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125628322032,"sku":"9780717162741","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780717162741_p0.jpg?v=1763618708","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780717162741","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}