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25/03/2009
'Drugs' Money Led To Stab Murder
A couple has been sentenced to separate jail terms for killing a taxi driver in Dublin - in a vicious stabbing over drugs' money.
The man - who killed the driver by stabbing him over 40 times in front of his girlfriend and young son - has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court.
The jury took nearly four hours to unanimously find Carlos Byrne, 23, guilty of murdering Mark Smyth, 31, while it took a further hour to find Byrne's partner, Lindsey Fahy, 26, guilty of Mr Smyth's manslaughter by a majority verdict of 11 to one.
The driver died in a knife attack at the Fortlawn Estate in Blanchardstown on March 18th last year.
The killer, Byrne, a drug addict, told Gardai that he owed Mr Smyth money for cocaine and the deceased had been demanding the money on the day Byrne killed him.
Mr Justice Paul Butler imposed the mandatory life sentence on Byrne and will sentence Fahy on May 8th.
The jury heard during the course of the trial that Mr Smyth drove to Byrne and Fahy's address at Linnetsfield Square, Clonee, Co Meath, with his partner Emma Shaw and their two-year- old son in the front passenger seat.
He picked up Byrne and Fahy who asked to be driven to the Fortlawn Estate, where Fahy's family lived.
Both got into the back of the car and were armed with knives. When Mr Smyth stopped his taxi Byrne reached around and stabbed Mr Smyth in the neck. Fahy then stabbed him in the face.
Mr Smyth was heard crying for help before he fell to the ground some distance from his taxi. He had suffered over 70 injuries, including 43 stab wounds and bled to death at the scene.
(BMcC/JM)
The man - who killed the driver by stabbing him over 40 times in front of his girlfriend and young son - has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court.
The jury took nearly four hours to unanimously find Carlos Byrne, 23, guilty of murdering Mark Smyth, 31, while it took a further hour to find Byrne's partner, Lindsey Fahy, 26, guilty of Mr Smyth's manslaughter by a majority verdict of 11 to one.
The driver died in a knife attack at the Fortlawn Estate in Blanchardstown on March 18th last year.
The killer, Byrne, a drug addict, told Gardai that he owed Mr Smyth money for cocaine and the deceased had been demanding the money on the day Byrne killed him.
Mr Justice Paul Butler imposed the mandatory life sentence on Byrne and will sentence Fahy on May 8th.
The jury heard during the course of the trial that Mr Smyth drove to Byrne and Fahy's address at Linnetsfield Square, Clonee, Co Meath, with his partner Emma Shaw and their two-year- old son in the front passenger seat.
He picked up Byrne and Fahy who asked to be driven to the Fortlawn Estate, where Fahy's family lived.
Both got into the back of the car and were armed with knives. When Mr Smyth stopped his taxi Byrne reached around and stabbed Mr Smyth in the neck. Fahy then stabbed him in the face.
Mr Smyth was heard crying for help before he fell to the ground some distance from his taxi. He had suffered over 70 injuries, including 43 stab wounds and bled to death at the scene.
(BMcC/JM)
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