Defence counsel puts case to jury in farmer's murder trial

Lawyers for two brothers on trial for murdering a farmer, have told the jury that it is unreasonable that they should be asked by the prosecution to consider that a man “over a stray heifer turned into a killer or became involved in a plot to kill or cause serious harm”.

Daniel-Joseph Byrne (aged 39), and his younger brother Jason Byrne have been on trial at the Central Criminal Court for the past three weeks, accused of killing Edward Dempsey, following a row regarding a stray heifer.