Mother and child died in a stab frenzy

A gruesome litany of injuries suffered by a mother and daughter stabbed to death in their home last year was outlined yesterday by assistant State pathologist Margot Bolster.

She said they were victims of “a sustained and violent attack” during which they received multiple stab wounds including some which severed veins and arteries and penetrated bone.

The mother and sister of Jolanta Lubiene, 27, left a trial at the Central Criminal Court, in Tralee, while Dr Bolster gave her evidence for more than two-and-a- half hours.