The prosecution counsel in the trial of a brother and sister accused of murdering a 63-year-old man last year has told the jury in his closing speech that this was "a protracted torturing and killing of another human being".
Kenneth Cummins, 28, and Sabrina Cummins, 37, with an address at Ringsend Park, Dublin 4, have both pleaded not guilty to murdering Thomas Horan, 63, at Cambridge Court, Ringsend, Dublin, on 6 January last year.
Prosecution counsel Mr Remy Farrell SC began his closing speech to the jury by telling them this was a case that involved a dead man of "advanced years" who was subjected to a "savage beating”.
Mr Farrell said there were only two people present when Mr Horan was "beaten to death" in his apartment.
"This case is as clear as it conceivably could be," he said.
"This morning Sabrina Cummins admitted to murder in the witness box. On Wednesday she told us she kicked and punched Thomas Horan.
"I wanted to find out when she did that, at what point in the proceedings. She was very clear, she said it was in between the strangling and suffocation of Thomas Horan.
"Sabrina lays into Thomas Horan with Kenneth Cummins. She justifies it by saying she saw the face of the man who murdered her sister, it is very hard to understand that.
"She is explicitly clear when she said she kicked and punched Thomas Horan that she had an intention to kill, that is all you need ladies and gentlemen," said Mr Farrell.
"This is not a murder that occurs in a moment, or in a flash of anger, it's a protracted torturing and killing of another human being," added Mr Farrell.
Mr Farrell said he did not know what the defence for Kenneth Cummins would say but he anticipated they would use the defence of provocation.
Mr Farrell will recommence his closing speech on Monday at the Central Criminal Court before Mr Justice Tony Hunt.
