Woman abused gardaí rescuing her from fire

A woman, who set fire to an apartment during a binge-drinking session, killing two of her friends, was pulled by gardaí from the burning building drunk and still clutching a bottle of cider.

Rachel Crawshaw, who was 28 at the time, and originally from Mallow in Co Cork, shouted abuse at the garda trying to save her from the burning Granary Court complex in the town in March 2014.

“Get your fucking hands off me. I’m not leaving without my bottle of cider,” she shouted at a garda.