Husband strangled wife after she slept with other man, murder trial hears

A murder trial opened at the Central Criminal Court on May 6th, 2021, concerning allegations that a Sligo man killed his wife following her return home from another man's house. The accused, aged 35 and resident at Crozon Park, Sligo, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter. The prosecution alleges the victim, aged 30, arrived home in the early morning hours after consensual sexual activity elsewhere, whereupon an argument ensued in the bedroom and she was strangled. The defence acknowledges the accused unlawfully killed his wife by strangulation and accepts sole responsibility for her death. The central issue for the jury concerns the accused's mental state at the time. The couple, originally from Poland, had lived together in Sligo with their three children despite an unhappy marriage, sleeping separately. The trial continues before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury of twelve.