Jury consider verdict in murder trial of two farmers

The jury in the case of two brothers on trial for murdering a neighbouring farmer in a dispute regarding a stray heifer, has this afternoon retired to consider its verdict.

The brothers, Daniel-Joseph Byrne (aged 39), and Jason Byrne (aged 33), both of Hammer Lane, Borness in Co Laois have denied murdering Edward Dempsey in October 2007.