Woman given seven years for manslaughter of taxi driver

A Dublin woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison, with three years suspended, for the manslaughter of taxi driver Mark Smyth, who she stabbed in the face before her former partner Carlos Byrne stabbed him to death 40 times in March 2008.

Lindsey Fahy (aged 26) originally from Fortlawn Drive, Blanchardstown was convicted last March by a Central Criminal Court jury of the manslaughter of Mark Smyth (aged 31) at the Fortlawn Estate in Blanchardstown on March 18, 2008.