A man and a woman were jailed for life tonight after being convicted of the murder of the woman's former partner in Dublin in May 2000.

A man accused of murdering his co-accused's former partner denied telling gardaí that his co-accused offered him IR£5,000 (€6,300) to do the killing.

A man accused of murdering his co-accused’s former partner with a sword has told the Central Criminal Court he went to the deceased’s flat to scare him, but not to kill him.

The former girlfriend of a murder accused broke down in court today as she told how the deceased, whom she described as a "blade merchant", threatened to petrol bomb her and her baby.