Mayo man took decision to kill elderly brothers in "acts of extreme violence", State tells jury

The trial of a thirty-year-old Ballina man charged with the murders of two elderly brothers concluded at the Central Criminal Court in July 2017, with closing arguments and jury instructions marking a critical juncture in the case. The accused, Alan Cawley, had admitted causing the deaths of Thomas Blaine, aged 69, and John Blaine, aged 76, on 10 July 2013 at their home on New Antrim Street in Castlebar, but pleaded…