Accused ‘drank four bottles of vodka a day’

The woman accused of murdering a man in Bandon, Co Cork, had been drinking three to four bottles of vodka a day around that time, she told investigating gardaí.

Catherine O’Connor, aged 37, of Bridge House, Sean Hales Place, Bandon, is on trial before Mr Justice Paul Carney and a jury of eight women and four men at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Cork.

She denies a charge of murdering Jonathan Duke, aged 27, at Bridge House, on Nov 13, 2011.