Husband to serve life for murdering his wife by stabbing her multiple times

Alan Ward was also convicted of threatening to kill or cause serious harm to his son

Mr Justice Tony Hunt will hear victim impact statements from Adam Ward and other members of Mrs Ward's family on January 31 before passing the mandatory life sentence for murder. File photo

Alan Ward has been found guilty by a unanimous jury verdict of murdering his wife Catherine Ward by stabbing her to death in their Dublin home two years ago.

Ward had argued that his culpability for killing his wife was substantially diminished by a stroke he suffered in 2017, but the jury of eight men and three women took a little over seven hours to reject the defence arguments. The trial heard that Ward had assaulted his wife in 2002 and that gardaí were called to disputes at their home on four occasions prior to his stroke and once after the stroke.