Farmer accused of murdering brother 'too unwell' to attend trial

A Co Wicklow farmer who denies murdering his brother in a row over his mother’s burial wishes did not attend his trial today because he was “too unwell”.

Cecil Tomkins (aged 63) of New Lodge Nursing Home, Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham in Dublin has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering Walter Tomkins (aged 66) at Cronlea, Shillelagh on July 1, 2010.