BRIAN KEARNEY has lodged an appeal against his conviction for the murder of his wife at their family home in south Dublin two years ago.

BRIAN KEARNEY last night began a life sentence for the murder of his wife Siobhán with her family saying in an emotional statement he ceased to be human when he killed her.

IN June 2003 in an interview with a Sunday newspaper, Siobhán Kearney spoke movingly of her love of her new life on the Spanish holiday island of Majorca where she and her husband, Brian, had bought a hotel just six months earlier.

An electrical contractor was jailed for life today for strangling his wife to death with the flex of a vacuum cleaner and staging the scene to look like a suicide.

THE jurors in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his wife two years ago were yesterday told to be cold, analytical and dispassionate when reaching a verdict.

The jury hearing the trial of murder accused Brian Kearney has retired to a hotel for the night after just over three hours deliberation.

The jurors in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his wife two years ago were today told to be cold, analytical, and dispassionate when reaching a verdict.

A JURY hearing the trial of Brian Kearney were told by his defence counsel to be particularly cautious of scientific and forensic evidence when deciding if his client is guilty.

BRIAN KEARNEY had the motive and the opportunity to kill his wife Siobhán a jury in the Central Criminal Court in Dublin heard as prosecution and defence counsel closed their cases yesterday.

Brian Kearney had the motive and the opportunity to kill his wife Siobhan, a jury in the Central Criminal Court at Dublin has heard, as prosecution and defence counsel closed their cases today.

THE jury hearing the trial of Brian Kearney, who is charged with murdering his wife Siobhán has been sent home for the weekend with a warning not to draw any early conclusions about what went on in the family’s home two years ago yesterday.

The jury hearing the trial of Brian Kearney who is charged with murdering his wife Siobhan has been sent home for the weekend with a warning not to draw any early conclusions about what went on in the family’s home two-years ago yesterday.

The jury hearing the trial of Brian Kearney who is charged with murdering his wife Siobhan did not sit today after confusion over when a jury member had to attend a funeral.

A JURY at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin has heard how a forensic scientist found no evidence of DNA from murder accused Brian Kearney on a vacuum cleaner flex found near the body of his wife, Siobhán.

The night before Siobhan Kearney was found dead in her home she emailed her brother’s partner in Italy ending her letter by asking her to, “say a prayer for me”, a court has heard.

The garda in charge of the investigation into the death of Siobhan Kearney decided the situation looked sinister on the day of her death a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

Siobhan Kearney died from asphyxiation due to neck compression a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

The trial of Brian Kearney, accused of murdering his wife, has been adjourned until tomorrow morning in order for an ill jury member, who was absent today, to recover, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A man accused of strangling his wife told gardaí he did not believe his wife would kill herself and leave her son, a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A woman, whose husband is on trial for her murder, was seeking advice on marital separation the day before her death, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A woman, whose husband is on trial for her murder, was not wearing her wedding ring a week before her death, a witness has told a jury in the Central Criminal Court.

The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a man accused on murdering his wife in south Dublin two years ago have been hearing from emergency service personnel who attended the scene of the death.

THE family of a woman whose husband’s trial for her murder opened at the Central Criminal Court yesterday have told the jury that the deceased was not suicidal at the time of her death.

The family of a woman whose husband's trial for her murder opened at the Central Criminal Court today have told the jury that the deceased was not suicidal at the time of her death.

Dublin electrical contractor Brian Kearney strangled his wife Siobhan with a vacuum cleaner flex and staged the scene to look like suicide, it was claimed in court today

The jury selected to hear the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering his wife has been discharged after it emerged one of the jurors worked for an alarm company who installed a security alarm in the victim’s home.

A 50-year-old man accused of murdering of his wife in their south Dublin home almost two years ago will go on trial today.

A jury has been selected at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin to hear the trial of a man charged with murdering his wife on his 49th birthday in 2006.

THE husband of hotelier Siobhan Kearney who was found strangled to death over a year ago has been charged with her murder.