A Dublin man who is already serving a life sentence for stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death was sentenced to three years today for seriously injuring her mother on the same date.

A Dublin man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death and seriously injured her mother has been convicted of murder and serious assault by a jury in the Central Criminal Court.

A jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of the murder of his ex-girlfriend and serious assault on her mother was sent to a hotel tonight after spending three-and-a-half hours deliberating in the jury room.