Ms Justice Caroline Biggs said to find him guilty of murder, they must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Scott intended to kill or cause serious injury to his aunt.

Sentencing Stephen Rabbitte at the Central Criminal Court to 16 years in prison with the final year suspended, Ms Justice Eileen Creedon said the victim had suffered a sustained and violent attack with more than one weapon in her home, a place she was entitled to feel safe.

Judge Boyle said that the aggravating factors in the case included the threat to innocent people to in order to obtain a drug debt owed by others and the fact that the crime was premeditated.

Gezim Idrizi Lutterlstown Heights, Castleknock, Dublin, was found guilty by a jury of one count of assault causing harm.

Dominik Biber (25) pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Tomasz Grosser (60) in Limerick.

The 22 males and five females will appear before the District Courts charged with 37 alleged offences arising from 29 incidents

At least three courts at the Criminal Courts of Justice were not able to sit as a result of parties involved in cases having to isolate due to Covid-19.