A 54-year-old woman has been found guilty of murdering her older brother over a dispute about the inheritance of their family home in Cork.
Helen Jones' then partner Keith O'Hara was also found guilty of the murder.
The Central Criminal Court heard Paul Jones died after he was stabbed with a knife 25 times and was struck with a machete.
Paul Jones was a 55-year-old single, unemployed man.
On 4 September 2019, his body was discovered in the hallway of his home on the Bandon Road in Cork.
He had been stabbed with a knife more than two dozen times, suffering wounds to his right lung, abdomen, kidney and liver.
There was also a chop wound inflicted with a machete which split his skull. The attack was described as frenzied.
Helen Jones, of 27 Cahergal Avenue, Mayfield in Cork, was charged with her brother's murder and with trespassing at his home to cause serious harm while carrying a knife. She denied the charges.
Her then partner, Keith O'Hara was also charged with murder and with trespassing to commit serious harm. O'Hara, also of Cahergal Avenue, denied both charges.
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The jury of six men and four women returned guilty verdicts on all the charges, following almost four hours of deliberations.
In evidence at the trial, Keith O'Hara blamed Helen Jones for the murder and said he had only acted in self-defence.
Her counsel said O'Hara was lying, described him as a violent psychopath and said he was the one who did the stabbing.
Prosecuting Senior Counsel Siobhán Lankford said both were responsible. She said they were involved in a strong relationship at the time and had a joint animus against Paul Jones.
The court was told Helen Jones had been involved in a legal dispute with her two brothers over the inheritance of the family home, and that she had referred to one of them days before the killing saying "he was going to pay for not handing over the house".
Mr Justice Michael McGrath remanded Helen Jones and Keith O'Hara in custody.
He said he will sentence both tomorrow, after he was told other members of Paul Jones' family may wish to make a victim impact statement.
