Killer may have mistaken victim for other woman

A MOTHER of three fatally stabbed in the street may have been the victim of mistaken identity.

Frances Ralph, a 46-year-old bank worker and mother of three sons aged 12 to 20, was stabbed in the back as she waited in a taxi queue with her husband and friends. The couple were celebrating their anniversary with a meal in Naas, Co Kildare, two miles from their Sallins home.

A 49-year-old man, arrested after he was chased and tackled to the ground by witnesses, was yesterday questioned by gardaí.