A woman who denies murdering her colleague in Co Wicklow told gardaí she was afraid of him because he used to follow her and wait outside her home.

A woman charged with murdering her colleague by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned, told a paramedic that “he shouldn’t have been there. I drove the car into the water,” her trial has heard.

A witness noticed a woman arguing on the phone in a car shortly before the accused is alleged to have driven her passenger colleague into a deep harbour, where he drowned, a murder trial has heard that.

Update 4.44pm: A jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her colleague has heard there was a series of calls made between them in the hours before his death.

A woman has gone on trial, charged with murdering her colleague in Wicklow by driving him into a deep harbour where he drowned.

A Polish woman was charged yesterday with the murder of a former work colleague in Co Wicklow last year.

A 27-year-old woman has appeared in court in Wicklow, charged with murdering a 31-year-old man in March of last year.