Man begged attacker to ‘please stop’, court hears

A WOMAN has told a court how she heard a man alleged to have been fatally stabbed by her ex-boyfriend begging his alleged attacker to stop.

Amy Quigley was giving evidence on the second day of the trial of John Flaherty, aged 25, of Ard Daire, Ferrybank, Waterford, who denies the murder of 27-year-old Patrick Murphy at 42 The Glen, Waterford, on June 20 of last year.

The Central Criminal Court, sitting in Waterford, heard last week that Flaherty punched Mr Murphy, then obtained two knives from the kitchen of Ms Quigley’s house and fatally stabbed Mr Murphy after seeing him in bed with Ms Quigley.