Witness describes brothers as 'madmen' in farmer murder trial

Two brothers on trial for murdering a neighbouring farmer after his heifer strayed on to their land, have been described as “madmen” by the main witness in the trial.

John Dempsey, brother of Edward Dempsey who died ten months after he was allegedly assaulted by the Byrne brothers on their farm, told the court that he also witnessed his brother getting “the blow that finished him.”