Eric and Sean Farrell
Twin brothers killed their mother’s partner by stabbing him eight times and striking him with a blunt object after he became abusive towards her, forcing her to move out of her home to seek refuge, the Central Criminal Court heard today.
The court was told that the admission to manslaughter by brothers Eric and Sean Farrell (21) was accepted on the grounds that both men took part, although Eric told gardaí that only he stabbed the victim and that his brother did not harm him.