Life term for horrific death

Court told of chilling previous conviction for violent assault on ex-girlfriend

Life term for horrific death

Cathal O’Sullivan has been jailed for life for beating his girlfriend to death in a horrific ordeal of violence that left her with 125 wounds including a fatal head injury and a fractured jaw.

The jury of nine men and three women considered the garda photographs of the sickening wounds to Nicola Collins’ face and body. They deliberated for three hours and 58 minutes before reaching a unanimous guilty verdict at the Central Criminal Court in Cork.

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