Chinese man jailed for life for double murder

A 25-year-old Chinese national has been jailed for life after a jury in the Central Criminal Court convicted him of the double murder of two of his friends in Dublin in March 2001.

Mr Yu Jie (aged 25) with a last address at McKee Avenue, Finglas, denied the murder of 19-year-olds Mr Yue Feng and Ms Liu Qing in an apartment at Blackhall Square, North King Street, Dublin, at times between March 12th and March 14th 2001.