Turkish barber 'saw wife bleeding then cut his own throat'

A Turkish barber, who stabbed his estranged partner in front of their 21-month-old son, described to gardaí the shock of seeing the mother of his child collapse bleeding and then cutting his own throat.

Hadim Kedik (aged 33), with an address at 10 Connolly Street, Clonakilty, Co Cork, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Rose Patterson (aged 30), between April 11 and 12, last year.