A 40-year-old Dublin woman who stabbed her husband over 60 times has been convicted of his murder.
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At the Central Criminal Court today the mandatory life sentence was imposed on Tanya Doyle for killing 48-year-old Paul Byrne at their home in Aylesbury Tallaght, in September 2009.
It took the jury just over 6 hours to reach its verdict.
They rejected psychiatric evidence from the defence that Tanya Doyle was suffering from a mental disorder which diminished her responsibility for the killing.
The victim’s brother Noel Byrne said the family is happy with the outcome:
