Court hears of conflicting evidence in Kilkenny murder case

The Central Criminal Court has heard that a Kilkenny teenager told different stories to gardaí and to friends about an injury he sustained around the time of a murder of which he’s accused.

Mark Costigan (aged 18) of Aylsbury in Kilkenny has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 36-year-old Christine Quinn at her home in the city two years ago. Mrs Quinn had been stabbed 35 times when found dead on December 5, 2002 at her home on Greenfields Road.