Judge gives Galway woman seven years in jail for fatal stabbing

A 31-year-old Galway woman has been jailed for seven years at the Central Criminal Court for stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death at her apartment.

Maura Thornton stabbed Kevin Joyce 18 times, when the 59-year-old American arrived at her Salthill home uninvited. She was found guilty earlier this year of his manslaughter, having pleaded not guilty to his murder.