A 26-year-old father of two who shot dead a neighbour whom he said had threatened to slit his daughters' throats, has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murder by unanimous verdict.

The jury in the case of a father-of-two on trial for murdering his neighbour whom he said had threatened to kill his family will begin its deliberations on Monday.

A close relative of a man accused of murdering his neighbour with a double-barrelled shotgun has told his trial today that he only had the gun in his possession because she had asked him to mind it.