Edmundas Dauksa jailed for murder of former partner

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Edmundas Dauksa was jailed for life for murdering Ingrida Maciokaite, after being convicted of murder by a jury. The proceedings were reported on 27 May 2021.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott imposed the mandatory life sentence. Dauksa had pleaded not guilty and claimed he was not fuelled by murderous intent, but the jury rejected that defence.

The murder happened at Bridgewater Mews in Dundalk on 18 September 2018, when Dauksa stabbed Maciokaite 19 times in front of their six-year-old daughter.