An 18-year-old Kilkenny youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 36-year-old woman two years ago.

The Central Criminal Court heard today that a Kilkenny mother-of-two was stabbed 35 times by an intruder, who left the blade of a knife in her scalp.

The trial has begun at the Central Criminal Court of an 18-year-old man, who is accused of murdering a 36-year-old mother-of-two in Kilkenny City two years ago.