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Paul Healy

Wife killer Joe O’Reilly refuses to celebrate 50th birthday behind bars after becoming Jehovah's Witness

Wife killer Joe O’Reilly has found God behind bars and is refusing to celebrate his 50th birthday because of his strict faith.

The murderer reached the landmark on Wednesday but he refused to have cake in prison or mark the occasion in any way.

O’Reilly, who is serving a life sentence for battering his wife Rachel to death at their home in Naul, Co Dublin, in 2004, became a Jehovah’s Witness while in prison.

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