Paula Farrell convicted of murder at Central Criminal Court

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Paula Farrell was convicted of murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 30 March 2020. The case concerned the fatal stabbing of Wayne McQuillan in Drogheda on New Year’s Day 2014. The jury rejected Farrell’s defence that she had been provoked by McQuillan’s alleged sexual assault. It was her second murder conviction after her original conviction was quashed and a later retrial jury failed to reach a verdict.