Gardaí gained access to a phone of a man accused of stabbing his wife to death and discovered video and audio footage of the murder, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Gardai hacked into the phone of Stephen Mooney - who was accused of stabbing his wife to death

However, the Cellebrite software that gardaí uses to analyse mobile phones has recently undergone an update that allows phones to be unlocked without a password

Anna Mooney, a Ukrainian mother of two, died having suffered stab wounds in the kitchen of the home they shared.