article_snippet.sent: Mrs O'Riordan was a 23-year-old divorcee when Mrs O'Riordan met O'Riordan in 1991.
article_snippet.sent: But as O'Riordan became older O'Riordan wife essentially became O'Riordan 'carer' and the court heard how Mrs O'Riordan wanted more 'freedom'.
article_snippet.sent: When Mrs O'Riordan gave evidence last week Mrs O'Riordan did so from behind a screen so Mrs O'Riordan did not have to see Mrs O'Riordan.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs O'Riordan told the court: 'I loved Joe.
article_snippet.sent: But her was not Mrs O'Riordan first, it is claimed.
article_snippet.sent: A 39-year-old former partner, who did not want to be named, said: 'A 39-year-old former partner, who did not want to be named split up because Mrs O'Riordan was having an affair.
article_snippet.sent: I saw that Mrs O'Riordan had made a comment on Facebook about a "lover"
article_snippet.sent: and I knew Mrs O'Riordan wasn't talking about me
article_snippet.sent: so I confronted Mrs O'Riordan. '
article_snippet.sent: Mrs O'Riordan admitted Mrs O'Riordan had been sleeping with a woman Mrs O'Riordan had been delivering post to.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs O'Riordan told me that something similar had happened with a previous girlfriend as well.
article_snippet.sent: O'Riordan used to run nightclubs in the South East before O'Riordan retired and was also a councillor in East Sussex and became president of O'Riordan local Royal British Legion.
article_snippet.sent: Friends and family of O'Riordan arrived at Brighton Magistrates' Court (left) for the verdict today while O'Riordan's son Liam - from a previous marriage - also attended the hearing to see O'Riordan father convicted .