Wife finds husband dead with knife in chest

A WATERFORD father-of-two was found yesterday by his wife lying in a pool of blood with a butcher’s knife embedded in his chest.

A post-mortem examination was carried out last night on the body of James McNamara, 57, who was discovered on the landing of his home yesterday morning.

Mr McNamara, from Parks Road, Lismore, was pronounced dead at the scene following the gruesome discovery by his wife Catherine shortly after 9am. The alarm was raised immediately and gardaí cordoned off the house.