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.