A young Drogheda man who fatally stabbed a 41 year-old father of two has today been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court after a jury found him guilty of murder.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard today that a young Drogheda man accused of murder “directed” a knife at the father of the child he was babysitting after a row had broken out.

A young Drogheda man fatally stabbed the father of the young girl he and his girlfriend were babysitting, the Central Criminal Court heard today.