Man accused of murdering elderly brothers posed as doctor in pub, trial hears

A 30-year-old man from Ballina, County Mayo, stood trial at the Central Criminal Court in July 2017 charged with murdering two elderly brothers in their Castlebar home. Alan Cawley was accused of killing Thomas Blaine, aged 69, and John Blaine, aged 76, on 10 July 2013 at their residence on New Antrim Street. The trial heard evidence that hours before the deaths, the defendant claimed to be a medical student while…