Murder accused ‘laughed hysterically’

The woman accused of murdering a man in Bandon was laughing hysterically in the Garda station holding cell within hours of her arrest, the last prosecution witness in her trial testified yesterday.

Catherine O’Connor, aged 37, of Bridge House, Sean Hales Place, Bandon, Co Cork, is on trial before Mr Justice Paul Carney and a jury 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.