Plasterer killed shortly after row with ex-girlfriend
John Brett, aged 25, of 26A Leitrim Street, Cork, and Jason Quinlan, aged 29, of 11 Loughmahon Drive, Mahon, Cork, both deny murdering Brian McKee, 24, at Ballinure Avenue, Mahon, Cork, on August 25, 2007. The victim, who died in hospital, suffered 11 stab wounds.
The case opened before Mr Justice Paul Carney and a jury of 10 men and two women at the Central Criminal Court in Cork.