Court rejects appeal of woman who killed neighbour

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment in an Galway woman's appeal against the severity of the nine year prison sentence she received for stabbing her neighbour to death following a row over a puppy.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment in an Galway woman's appeal against the severity of the nine-year prison sentence she received for stabbing her neighbour to death following a row regarding a puppy.

Una Black (aged 27) claims that the sentence she received for killing her neighbour John Malone is disproportionate.