Greedy Lillis wanted it all, leaving daughter just €600

Eamonn Lillis and his wife Celine Cawley (inset), whom he killed in 2008 on the patio of their home in Dublin

Maeve Sheehan

THE killing of Celine Cawley by her husband Eamonn Lillis has grabbed many headlines, inspired television programmes and continues to hold a grim fascination for followers of true crime stories. But for her family, her death has been almost too horrifying to talk about, certainly in public.

There is one small but not insignificant positive that they hope will emerge from her death - changing the law that allows a man to kill his wife, go to jail and emerge a millionaire a few years later. Their sister's killer will do just that in a few months' time.