The trial of two men accused of murdering a burglar after seeing him targeting one of their homes via a Ring doorbell alert is set to continue this week.
Karl Townsend and half-brother Jamie Cunningham are accused of arming themselves with knives and going round to Townsend’s Halewood home after receiving notification of a break in on October 29 last year. Prosecutors say Townsend shouted at three intruders, one of whom was Brophy, to get out of his home, before stabbing him to his face and head.
Prosecutors say one of those stabs through Mr Brophy's eye left a broken blade embedded in his brain. They allege Townsend and Cunningham left the scene but returned shortly afterwards, when Townsend then stabbed the 31-year-old in his jugular vein. Both men, of Beechwood Avenue, deny murder and possession of a bladed article.
