Patrick Dunne from Ballingeragh, Lixnaw, Co. Kerry, has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court today, having pleaded not guilty to murdering his mother Susan Dunne, 62
A 29-year-old man admits killing his mother "without any lawful justification" by inflicting five fatal blows to her head with a hatchet as she lay in her bed, a murder trial jury has heard.
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Uncle who stabbed 11-year-old nephew 27 times in gruesome murder jailed for life
The court heard that the boy s mother believed his uncle was obsessed with her son
The Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin, Ireland (Image: Getty)
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