The young son of a Jamaican woman allegedly beaten to death with a lump hammer saw his mother being killed, a witness has told a murder trial jury.

Lawyers for a Nigerian man who denies murdering his Jamaican wife with a lump hammer today asked the victim’s sister whether she was mistaken about who had assaulted her sister in the past.

The sister of a Jamaican woman who was allegedly beaten to death with a lump hammer has told a murder trial jury that she was frightened after the accused came to stay about a week before the killing.

A witness in the trial of a Nigerian man who denies murdering his Jamaican wife with a lump hammer has been asked about an argument between the deceased and her sister.

A sub-officer with Dublin Fire Brigade has told a murder trial jury that he found the body of the victim upside down in a child’s play pen.

A witness in the trial of a Nigerian man who denies murdering his wife with a lump hammer has told the jury the accused was following his wife around in the flat and calling her names the night before she died.

A jury in the trial of a Nigerian man accused of murdering his Jamaican born wife by hitting her in the head with a lump hammer has assured the judge that its members have not been contacted by anybody about the case.

A man accused of killing his wife with a lump hammer and dumping her body in a child’s cot is standing trial in Dublin.

GARDAÍ last night launched a manhunt after a young Jamaican woman was found bludgeoned to death in her apartment.