Mother bled to death while kids waited for party, court hears

A 30-year-old Clonakilty woman lay bleeding to death in her estranged partner’s flat whilst her two young daughters were locked inside their home waiting for her to return so they could celebrate her oldest daughter’s ninth birthday, a court has heard.

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