Norma Phillips went on trial for murder in Dublin

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Norma Phillips went on trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 17 January 2017. She is charged with murdering Stefan Neanu at a flat on Phibsboro Road in north Dublin on 12 April 2015.

Phillips, who has an address on Phibsboro Road, has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. The prosecution said Neanu was stabbed once in the chest and later died in hospital.

Phillips told gardaí that a man had entered the flat and stabbed Neanu, and later said she had acted in self-defence. The trial was expected to last two weeks.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.