'He died in fear,' says Vincent Parsons' wife as two men get life for murder of father of two

Mr Parsons, 34, was murdered by the two Dublin men after the trial heard he had too much to drink at a stag do, became 'messy' and irritated one of the defendants

Vincent Parsons' wife Clare: "We had to wait 10 days for this body to be released back to us - they were the hardest days for me. I just wanted him back so I could see him again. That was the longest time I ever went without seeing him in my life." Picture: Collins Courts

The wife of a father of two who was beaten to death while he was on a stag night has told the Central Criminal Court of the grief of feeling how her husband "died in fear" and how she believed she would "die of a broken heart".

After Mr Justice Kerida Naidoo pronounced the mandatory life sentence on Philip Disney and Sean Carlyle on Friday morning, Carlyle baited the grieving family of Vincent Parsons and their supporters by smirking and insulting them before being led away by gardaí.