A judge told Mark Byrne at the High Court in Edinburgh that it was a 'tragic' case that lead to a man taking his own brother's life in 'a moment of madness'.
A man who stabbed his brother to death in "a moment of madness" was jailed for life today for the murder of his sibling who was knifed in the heart.
A judge told the killer at the High Court in Edinburgh that it was a "tragic" case involving the taking of the life of one brother by another brother. Lord Cubie said the older brother had "inexplicably" armed himself with a knife before stabbing his younger brother in the neck and chest. Byrne was earlier found guilty of murdering his brother on May 1 in 2022 by striking him on the body with a knife following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. He had previously pled guilty to the lesser offence of killing him in a culpable homicide but the Crown refused to accept his plea.
Byrne had taken his younger brother's phone from him and the pair ended up in the kitchen as Paul demanded his mobile back, but the confrontation turned physical. After the attack Byrne went to the home of another brother before he was arrested following the fatal stabbing.Defence counsel Thomas Ross KC said the crime before the judge was Byrne's first offence.
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