Accused in murder case denies 'making up' sexual assault

A 42-year-old woman accused of murdering her boyfriend last year has denied making up allegations of a sexual assault on the night of the incident.

In earlier testimony, Paula Farrell, with an address at Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, Co Louth, alleged that Wayne McQuillan sexually assaulted her before she stabbed him four times in the early hours of the first of January 2014.

The prosecution put it to the accused at the Central Criminal Court this afternoon, that this was an "invention", and what the defence alleged was a bite mark on her cheek, was in fact a scrape.

Paula Farrell denies murdering Wayne McQuillan at her home on January 1, 2014.

A doctor also told the court that Farrell showed "no sign" of having recovered from being sexually abused as a child.

Consultant clinical psychologist Kevin Lambe told the Central Criminal Court via videolink that the accused has yet to process the experiences in therapy and at this stage in her life that would take years.