Man on trial charged with murder of mother and daughter in Kerry

A 27-year-old man will go on trial today, charged with the double murder of a mother and her young daughter at their home in Killorglin in Co Kerry last year.

Aurimas Andruskas is charged with the murders of Lithuanian Jolanta Lubiene and her eight-year-old daughter, Enrika at Langford Downs on June 15th 2013.

They were both found dead with stab wounds at their home.

Andruskas, a Lithuanian national with an address at Ardmoniel Heights, Killorglin will go on trial today at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Tralee in Co Kerry.