Murder accused said 'he would kill' wife, court hears

A Donegal father-of-four accused of the murder of his estranged wife allegedly told her mother in the months before hand that "if he had his way he would f***ing kill her", the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Mrs Kathleen McGrory was giving evidence in the trial of her son-in-law Mr Gary McCrea (aged 40) of Ballybulgin, Laghy, Co. Donegal, who denies the murder of Dolores McCrea (aged 39) of Ballintra, Co Donegal, on a date unknown between January 20 and January 22, 2004. It is alleged that Mr McCrea murdered his wife and the mother of his four children and then burned her body.