The court heard details of his professional and private life that painted a broader picture of the father of four - as a barrister, an academic and landowner - than that presented at his murder trial.

The judge had gone through a "path to verdict" document with the panel of nine men and three women on Monday evening with the three verdicts open to them

The garda said when they arrived at Hazelgrove Farm at 1.18pm they were further updated by the control room that a person had been shot.