A jury has found a Dublin man Eric Locke guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend Sonia Blount in a hotel room in Tallaght in Dublin.
It took them just over an hour and a half to reach their verdict.
Locke of St. John’s Park East in Clondalkin claimed he was suffering from a mental illness when he strangled Sonia Blount in February 2014.
Locke will face a mandatory life sentence for the crime.
Our Courts Correspondent, Frank Greaney was in court for the verdict:
Locke had raised the defence of diminished responsibility which can reduce a murder charge to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Before sending them away, Mr. Justice Michael Moriarty told the jurors not to concern themselves with the consequences of their decision.
