James Kilroy sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of wife Valerie French

 Valerie French was "savagely slaughtered" and died in terror at the hands of her husband James Kilroy, who has shown no remorse and tried to avoid accountability for her murder, the victim's brother told the Central Criminal Court today.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt sentenced Kilroy this afternoon  to the mandatory term of life imprisonment. At his trial, Kilroy pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but a jury rejected that defence last week.