COLIN WHELAN was sentenced to life in prison for callously murdering his wife, Mary Gough.
Colin killed his 27-year-old wife in 2001, but where is the killer now?
Who is Colin Whelan?
Before he went to prison in 2005, Colin worked as a computer analyst in Dublin, Ireland.
He and Mary got together in 1993 and got engaged in 2000.
After he became a suspect in his wife's murder, Colin fled and hid in Mallorca, under the name Cian Sweeney.
He managed to get a fake passport and start a new life as a bartender in Spain.
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This worked until an Irish tourist spotted Colin and he was extradited back to Ireland.
The, then 34-year-old, was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty for murdering his 27-year-old wife.
When did Colin Whelan murder Mary Gough?
On March 1, 2001, Colin called the police in the early hours of the morning and said that his wife had suffered a bad fall.
Colin, who was 29 at the time, informed police officers that his wife had fallen down the stairs and died.
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However, investigators discovered several red flags when they got to the scene.
Mary was cold to the touch which was unusual given the time Colin had said she had died, and a nurse had spotted scratch marks on Colin's chest.
Detective Inspector, Patrick Marry, worked on Mary's murder case, and he remarked that “things didn’t add up, they didn’t sit well”.
After the Postmortem was done on Mary's body it became clear that she had been murdered.
Eventually, Detective Marry worked out that Colin had strangled his wife to death.
At the trial, Colin pled guilty and admitted he was a "coward".
He said, "I take full responsibility for Mary's death."
The killer apologised to Mary's mum: "I apologise for taking your daughter, friend, and soulmate so unnecessarily."
It later emerged that Colin had been plotting his murder for over a year and a half.
The killer had been researching other killers to learn from their methods.
It was also revealed that Colin had taken out a life insurance policy with Irish Life that meant he would get £500,000 if his wife died within their first 10 years of marriage.
Where is Colin Whelan now?
Colin is serving his life sentence in North Dublin, Ireland.
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He has been in prison for the last 17 and a half years, since April 2005.
He has worked as a prison chef during his sentence.
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