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.

Tests have shown that a flex that was found around the deceased body of Siobhan Kearney could not have held her weight for more than five to seven seconds, the Central Criminal Court has heard today.

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

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