Jury asked to consider defences of duress and reasonable excuse

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been instructed to consider defences of duress and reasonable excuse in the trial of a 34-year-old woman charged with impeding the apprehension of her boyfriend in connection with a death in Kilnaleck, County Cavan. The accused is charged with placing a cord around the neck of a 49-year-old housemate in June 2014 to simulate suicide, allegedly to conceal that her death was…