Woman put knife to throat of colleague

A woman who lost control of her senses caught a work colleague by the throat in their office canteen and cut her with a steak knife as the victim felt she was going to be killed. The accused went on trial yesterday.

Erica Gill, aged 40, previously of Ozalid House, Camden Quay, Cork, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to three charges arising out of the violent incident and she was so found by a jury following the presentation of medical evidence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.