Murder accused said ‘he snapped’

A MAN told gardaí investigating a fatal stabbing that he “snapped” when he saw another man in bed with his ex-girlfriend and two-year-old child, a court has heard.

John Flaherty, aged 25, of Ard Daire, Ferrybank, Waterford, said he arrived at “on-off girlfriend” Amy Quigley’s house at about 5am on June 20, 2010, and saw her asleep in bed with Patrick Murphy, aged 27, and one of the three children Flaherty and Ms Quigley had together.

“I basically snapped,” he told gardaí later that day.