Man appeals conviction for double murder

A 28-year-old Lithuanian forestry worker has appealed against his conviction last month for the double murder of a mother and daughter in Killorglin, Co Kerry, in June 2013.

Aurimas Andruska, of Ardmoniel Heights, Killorglin, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jolanta Lubiene, aged 27, and Enrika, her eight-year-old daughter, at their home at Langford Downs, Killorglin, on a date between June 15 and June 17 last year.

At the end of a five-week trial at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Tralee, Andruska was found guilty. The unanimous verdict by the jury of seven women and five men was returned in under three hours.