Murder accused told gardaí he ‘snapped’

The man accused of murdering his girlfriend at her home in Passage West, Co Cork, more than five years ago told gardaí that he snapped, stabbed her in the neck, and set fire to the house.

Darren Murphy, aged 41, with an address at Dan Desmond Villas, Passage West, Co Cork, was in a relationship with Olivia Dunlea for several weeks before her death.

He was arraigned yesterday at the Central Criminal Court sitting at Angelsea St, Cork, on a charge of murdering the 36-year-old mother of three at her home at Pembroke Crescent, Pembroke Woods, Passage West, on February 17, 2013.