18cm deep stab wound penetrated man’s lung

A man was stabbed four times, with the fatal blow being an 18cm deep stab wound to his left shoulder which penetrated his lung, a murder trial has heard.

Paula Farrell, aged 42, of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering Wayne McQuillan, 30, at her home on January 1, 2014.

Deputy State pathologist Dr Michael Curtis yesterday told Gerard Clarke, prosecuting, he carried out an autopsy on the body of Mr McQuillan on January 1, 2014. Dr Curtis said there was four stab wounds to the deceased but it was the second stab wound, with a track depth of 18cm which severed the vein and penetrated the lung, which was the fatal blow.