Man found guilty of taxi driver murder

A man accused of murdering a taxi driver by stabbing him 43 times in front of his girlfriend and young child has been found guilty at the Central Criminal Court.

The jury of six men and six women took around four hours to find 23-year-old Carlos Byrne guilty of murdering 31-year-old Mark Smyth at Fortlawn Avenue, Blanchardstown, on March 18, 2008.