Paula Farrell found guilty of murdering partner

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Paula Farrell was found guilty of murdering Wayne McQuillan at the Central Criminal Court, with the verdict and life sentence reported on 17 July 2015. Farrell, of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, Co Louth, was convicted after a jury deliberated for three hours and 27 minutes.

Farrell had pleaded not guilty on 22 June 2015. The prosecution said she stabbed McQuillan four times during an argument at her home in the early hours of 1 January 2014, with one injury proving fatal.