Court reserves judgement in appeal of Wicklow farmer convicted of murdering brother

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reserved judgement in the case of a Wicklow farmer and Parkinson's disease sufferer who was jailed for life for murdering his older brother in a row over their mother's burial wishes.

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