Wicklow farmer wins appeal against murder conviction

A Wicklow farmer with Parkinson's Syndrome has today won an appeal against his conviction for murdering his older brother in an argument over their mother's burial wishes.

Cecil Tomkins (aged 63) of New Lodge Nursing Home, Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham in Dublin will now face a retrial over the shooting of 66-year-old Walter Tomkins at the Cronlea, Shillelagh on July 1, 2010.