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

At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of a 30-year-old Ballina man charged with the murders of two elderly brothers in Castlebar on 10 July 2013. The accused has admitted causing the deaths of Thomas Blaine, aged 69, and John Blaine, aged 76, but pleaded not guilty to murder. The prosecution argued the accused made a deliberate decision to kill both men in acts of extreme violence…