Paula Farrell’s murder trial jury began deliberations

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Paula Farrell’s jury began deliberating on her murder charge at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 26 July 2019. She was accused of murdering her boyfriend at her Drogheda home.

Farrell had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, admitting that she stabbed Wayne McQuillan four times. She told the trial that he had attempted to have sex with her and started strangling her before she fetched a knife.

The jury, comprising eight women and four men, retired after being charged by Ms Justice Carmel Stewart and was sent home after two hours.