Disheartened

The family of an Irish woman who was tragically killed by her partner in a hotel in Spain two years ago has expressed profound disappointment with the prison sentence handed down to him. Keith Byrne has been sentenced to 15 years for the murder of Kirsty Ward, with credit given for the two years he has already spent in custody. This verdict has left Ms. Ward's parents, Jackie and John, feeling that the sentence undermines the gravity of the crime and the jury's decision. Byrne strangled the 36-year-old mother of one at a…