Man jailed after victim stabbed 16 times and 'incinerated'

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the garda view was the victim, Ciarán Murphy, was a low-level drug dealer and Groome was acting on misinformation that Mr Murphy was a garda informant. Fiie Picture/PA

 A judge has jailed for 15 years a Westmeath man he said had “murderous intent” during a brutal assault in which the victim was stabbed 16 times before being set alight.

Shaun Groome (32) told gardaí he had not been happy with the victim's response to the death of a close friend of his and said he hoped the injured party died.