Mother saw man twist knife in son, court told

The mother of a Cork man stabbed to death in the hallway of his own home has told a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal Court that she saw his assailant twist the knife in her son before she could stop him.

Mary McCarthy, mother of deceased man Noel McCarthy, aged 28, was giving evidence on the first day of the trial of Keith O’Donovan, aged 31, of Spriggs Road, Gurranabraher, Cork.