i have a portable container has the key tenets sixty seven year old eugene gillespie was severely beaten during a robbery at a saloon cycle in september twenty twelve he suffered serious head injuries his hands were tied behind his back and he was left for today his attacker was this nine thirty or oh simon mcginley who'd gone to his home to robin mckinley phone in your bike at the station today after the attack but the wrong house was checked and the pensioner wasn't found until midday nature by then he was in a coma and he died later in hospital. simon mckinley has itself into comedy. he admits it announced on her but denied the charge of murder. his lawyer said he only meant to robin cook never intended to kill. but the prosecution said just because you make an anonymous phone call that did not shift the responsibility to the calliope. the central criminal court today the jury found him guilty of murder by unanimous verdict in a victim impact statement eugene gillespie stunning described him as an ordinary man with extraordinary talent a father figure was one of compassion and generos