A 30-year-old Clonakilty woman lay bleeding to death in her estranged partner’s flat whilst her two young daughters were locked inside their home waiting for her to return so they could celebrate her oldest daughter’s ninth birthday, a court has heard.

A Turkish barber accused of murdering his estranged partner in front of their baby son told gardaí he was trained to shoot in the Turkish army but not trained in the use of knives, a court has heard.

A Turkish barber accused of murdering his estranged partner wrote letters saying he would kill her and then himself the night before he stabbed her in front of their son, a court has heard.

The jury hearing the trial of a man accused of murdering his estranged partner in front of their son before turning a knife on himself, have heard he was sober when he started swinging the knife at her.

A mother of three allegedly murdered by her estranged partner was stabbed eight times with fatal blows piercing her liver, right lung and left femoral artery, a court has heard.

A Turkish barber, who stabbed his estranged partner in front of their 21-month-old son, described to gardaí the shock of seeing the mother of his child collapse bleeding and then cutting his own throat.

THE baby son of a woman stabbed to death by her estranged partner sat watching television on the couch as his parents struggled over the weapon, a court has heard.

The 21-month-old son of a woman stabbed to death by her estranged partner before he turned a knife on himself sat watching television on the couch as his parents struggled over the weapon, a court has heard.

A Turkish barber who stabbed his ex-partner and left her to die in front of their one-year-old son before cutting his own throat and wrists was “inconsolable” over his child’s broken finger, a court has heard.

A Clonakilty woman was found stabbed to death in her estranged partner's flat with their baby son asleep nearby and her ex-partner lying on the floor with cuts to his throat and wrists, a court has heard.

A jury has been sworn to hear the trial of a Turkish barber charged with murdering a Cork mother-of-three.

A TURKISH barber was charged yesterday with the murder of his ex-partner and mother of his child in West Cork last week.

GARDAÍ are hoping to get clearance from doctors today to speak to a Turkish barber as part of their probe into the murder of a young mother in West Cork last week.

GARDAÍ conducting a murder probe hope to speak to a Turkish barber today after a post mortem yesterday confirmed that his ex-partner died of multiple stab wounds.

SHE lived for her kids — her kids were her life.