The national chairwoman of the Federation for Victim Assistance has said the trial of a 28-year-old Lithuanian man found guilty of murdering a mother and daughter was the most difficult she had attended in 20 years.

Marius Lubys, the husband of Jolanta and father of Enrika, told how they had married in 2004 in Lithuania and Enrika had been born in February 2005.

A 27-year-old forestry worker accused of murdering a mother and her daughter visited her home twice in the days prior to the date of the alleged crime and had sexual contact with her, a court has heard.

The bodies of a mother and daughter found dead at their home in Killorglin, Co Kerry, almost three weeks ago are to be buried in Lithuania tomorrow.

A 26-year-old man was last night charged with the double killing of a mother, originally from Lithuania, and her young daughter, at their home in Killorglin, Co Kerry, two weeks ago.