The jury will gives its verdict in the trial of a 51 year old Kildare man accused of murdering his ex partner later today.

Michael McDonald of Barnhill, Castledermot stabbed Breda Cummins in the chest six times at a house in Athy in the early hours of May 13th 2010.

The prosecution say he armed himself with a knife and took a taxi to her house in order to vent his jealous rage that his girlfriend of 5 years had left him for another man.

The jury went out yesterday and is to resume its deliberations at the Central Criminal Court.