Killer's apology 'painful to listen to'

The mother of murdered woman Alicia Brough has today described an apology from her daughter’s killer as "painful to listen to".

John Geary of Meadow Court, Newcastle West was today jailed for life for stabbing the 20-year-old woman, along with his ex partner Sarah Hines, his five month-old-daughter Amy, and her three-year-old brother Reece at a house in Newcastle West on November 15, 2010.