Accused ‘caught deceased by throat’

A visitor to Cork City witnessed the man accused of murdering his girlfriend catching her by the throat and shouting at her in Cork City on Saturday afternoon before she was found dead early on Sunday morning in a squat.

The witness also saw the young woman standing by the river and talking about jumping in, Ms Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury of six men and six women were told at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.

Adam O’Keeffe , aged 27, of St Vincent’s hostel, Anglesea Terrace, Cork, admitted manslaughter but pleaded not guilty to the murder of Amy McCarthy, 22, on April 29, 2017, or April 30, 2017, at 36 Sheares Street, Cork City.