Taxi driver killer jailed for life

A man who killed a taxi driver by stabbing him over 40 times in front of his girlfriend and young son has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court.

Taxi driver killer jailed for life

A man who killed a taxi driver by stabbing him over 40 times in front of his girlfriend and young son has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court.

A jury took nearly four hours to unanimously find Carlos Byrne (aged 23) guilty of murdering Mark Smyth (aged 31). It took a further hour to find Byrne's partner, Lindsey Fahy (aged 26), guilty of Mr Smyth's manslaughter by a majority verdict of 11 to one.

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