‘Happy-go-lucky gentle giant’ was stabbed over 100 times

The sisters of murder victim David Whyte burst into tears after a Dublin man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the fatal stabbing of their brother.

A jury of seven men and four women came to the unanimous decision at the Central Criminal Court.

Criostoir MacCarthaigh, aged 36, of An Gleann, Palmerstown, had pleaded not guilty to stabbing Mr Whyte more than 100 times between Sept 24 and 26, 2008.