Woman in 'kill or be killed' situation, says judge

The woman who stabbed her husband at their home in Cork on New Year’s Eve was cleared of manslaughter today amid emotional scenes in court.

Judge Con Murphy accepted a legal argument from the defence that Dilorom Sulaymanov (aged 36) was in a "kill or be killed" situation and that a jury would have to conclude on the evidence that she acted in self-defence.