Irish 'Black Widow' killer Catherine Nevin dies aged 66 just months after release from prison
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Irish 'Black Widow' killer Catherine Nevin dies aged 66 just months after release from prison

AN Irishwoman nicknamed the ‘Black Widow’ after orchestrating the murder of her husband in 1996 has died.

Catherine Nevin, 66, was jailed for life in 2000 for paying a hitman to kill her husband Tom, 54, at the couple’s pub Jack White’s Inn in Brittas Bay, Co. Wicklow.

In September, the infamous murderer was granted full-time temporary release from prison due to an inoperable brain tumour.

She had been bedridden at a south Dublin care home in recent months after her health deteriorated considerably.

Nevin passed away on Monday night, according to the Irish Sun.

A source told the newspaper: “She had been unwell for quite a number of months. She passed away last night.

“She was out of prison for a number of months, between hospital and respite care.”

Nevin consistently refused to name the gunman who killed her husband, having plotted the murder in a bid to cash in on his life insurance policy.

The Black Widow maintained that well-liked publican Tom had been targeted by a random intruder, despite her conviction.