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Fight probably about "something stupid", murder accused told gardai

Date
2019-07-15

Stage
Trial

Primary locality
Drogheda

County
Louth

Summary

In a Drogheda home, Paula Farrell, 46, stabbed her boyfriend Wayne McQuillan, 30, to death. She told Garda Yvonne Geraghty that the fight was likely over a trivial matter and that she was not letting him get the better of her when she stabbed him. Farrell described McQuillan as a lovely, good person and herself as "good craic." She admitted that they had argued and that he had knocked her, causing her to fall. She then went to her kitchen, took a knife from her block, and stabbed him four times. Farrell said she did not intend to kill him and that she had apologized to him after the incident. She is on trial at the Central Criminal Court, pleading not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter. The case is currently at the trial stage.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Fight probably about "something stupid", murder accused told gardai. Charges or matters: murdering Wayne McQuillan, but guilty to his manslaughter on New Year's morning in 2014. Procedural stage: trial

When:

New Year's morning Other
New Year's Eve Other
new year Other
2019-07-15 Publication

Why: She said that Ms Farrell had explained that neither she nor the deceased had worked at the time, and that he had 'practically' lived with her and her youngest child. CNI source report