Jury retires in murder and stabbing trial

A jury has retired in the trial of a Dublin man accused of the murder of his ex-girlfriend and the stabbing of her mother in December two years ago.

Declan Burke, aged 29, with a last address on the South Circular Road, Dublin 8, has denied the murder of Ms Jennifer Wilkinson, aged 24, at her home in the Rise, Boden Park, Ballyboden, near Rathfarnham, Dublin on December 13 2000.