Woman gets life for murdering husband

A woman has been given a life sentence after being convicted of murdering her husband by stabbing him 61 times.

Woman gets life for murdering husband

Tanya Doyle, aged 40, of Pairc Gleann Trasna, Aylesbury, Tallaght, had pleaded not guilty to murdering Paul Byrne, aged 48, at that address on Sept 4, 2009.

The defence had claimed Doyle, who admitted the killing, suffered from a mental disorder and asked for a verdict of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

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