William Brennan, an electrical engineer from Cork, has been found not guilty of stabbing his two brothers at their family home. The verdict was delivered at the Central Criminal Court on May 8, 2026.
During the trial, the court heard that Brennan had told gardaΓ that a comment captured on dashcam recordings, 'They must be put down,' referred to ducts in a shed that needed to be lowered, not to his brothers. The defense argued that the stabbings were accidental and occurred during a family dispute.
The jury deliberated for several hours before reaching the not guilty verdict. The Brennan family declined to comment after the trial.
