A man who stabbed a 'Good Samaritan' 28 times and battered her to death with kitchen pans after she had taken him in has been jailed for 10 years.
Mr Justice Colton told Joseph Dolan he was imposing an indeterminate tariff for the "brutal, violent and unjustifiable killing'' of Pauline Kilkenny in Co Fermanagh as he believed he posed a danger to the public in future.
The senior judge said the Parole Commissioners should consider all medical and psychiatric reports before he is released on parole.
"Given the contents of the medical evidence I have received any consideration of your release will require the most intense scrutiny,'' he said.
Dungannon Crown Court, sitting in Belfast, was previously told that the body of his "vulnerable'' victim lay undiscovered for almost a week at her isolated bungalow on the Cornacully Road between Belcoo and Garrison in November 2018.
Dolan (29), formerly of Cavan Town, was initially charged with murder but that was withdrawn following medical reports which assessed he was suffering from a personality disorder at the time.
He later pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of the 59-year-old by way of diminished responsibility.
He also admitted stealing her car and perverting the course of justice by falsely implicating his former girlfriend in the horrific murder.
Senior prosecution counsel Ciaran Murphy QC said Ms Kilkenny had been living in the Belcoo area for a number of years after returning from London and worked at Lilly's Centra in Enniskillen.
On November 7 2018, she decided to take a few days off but when she did not show up again for work, a colleague alerted family members and two of Ms Kilkenny's sisters went to her home on November 13.
She was found lying under a window, face down in a pool of blood, with blood coming from the back of her head and skull.
Police believed she had been "dead for some time''.
When the victim's Fiat Punto car was spotted later that afternoon, an officer drew his firearm and stopped it, arresting Dolan.
His ex-girlfriend told police that on November 7, he came to her home and she noticed he had cash in 10 and 20 pound notes along with a Santander bank card in the name of 'P Kilkenny'.
A post mortem revealed Ms Kilkenny sustained 28 stab wounds to the neck, face, back, chest and right arm along with four blunt force trauma injuries to the head after Dolan had battered her with kitchen pans.
Mr Murphy said it was a "vicious, unprovoked attack on an innocent, vulnerable victim" and that she had been stabbed "when she was either dead or close to death''.
Dolan had 36 previous convictions, 34 of them in the Republic, including violent disorder.
In 2013, he was sentenced to three years for robbery and for beating a Drogheda pensioner and stabbing a taxi driver.
Defence counsel Jim Gallaher QC said when he was admitted to Maghaberry prison Dolan told the jail's mental health team that Ms Kilkenny had been "like a mother to him''.
Mr Justice Colton said victim impact statements from friends and family members "eloquently convey the devastation that Pauline's death has caused''.
"What emerges from the statement is a family member who was greatly loved and who had a special place in the hearts and minds of her many relatives.
"She made a positive impact on all of those who have taken the trouble to prepare their victim impact statements. It was clear she was a kind person."
He told Dolan: "Indeed, it was this very kindness that led to your involvement with Ms Kilkenny. She took you in at a time when you were desolate and homeless. She looked after you, provided a home for you and provided much needed stability in your life.
"It is one of the greatest tragedies of her death that it was her kindness and desire to help people that brought her into contact with you.''
One niece wrote that Ms Kilkenny was "the epitome of light... she would brighten up faces, rooms and lives. Nothing will take away the pain of this loss. I tell my stories to the sky now when I visit her grave.''
Noting that Dolan had not demonstrated "any real remorse", Mr Justice Colton referred to a statement from two consultant psychiatrists who said unless his personality disorder was "treated or effectively managed, he will remain dangerous''.
"Indeed, a chilling feature of this case is your apparent emotional indifference to the plight of your victim or her family during the course of police, probation and medical interviews.''