Kildare man gets life for 'sad and outrageous death'

A Kildare man who stabbed his ex-partner six times in the chest in what has been described as a “shocking, sad and outrageous death” by the presiding judge, has been handed a mandatory life sentence after he was found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court.

Michael McDonald was also found guilty of assault causing harm to John Lawlor (aged 44) and is to be sentenced on this at a later date pending a victim impact report.