Life for ‘the very worst of humanity’ who stabbed Jennifer Poole to death

The court that Ms Poole's young son was outside at the time of the fatal assault and could hear his mother's cries for help

Gavin Murphy (pictured) was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment for murdering his girlfriend Jennifer Poole. File photo: Colin Keegan

The brother of Jennifer Poole, who was fatally stabbed seven times by her boyfriend in her Finglas apartment, has said his family are tormented by the thoughts of what she endured that day and that she spent her last minutes on Earth with the "very worst of humanity".

Jason Poole told the Central Criminal Court on Friday that: "No one deserves to die at the hands of another person for no reason. No one deserves to be treated like Jennifer was treated. No one should ever think they can control a person and make them feel worthless. Nobody should feel afraid or scared of someone else."