Jury begins deliberations in trial of woman accused of slicing civil servant’s throat

A jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a 37-year-old woman charged with attempting to murder a civil servant, who was walking home from work in Dublin two years ago.

Laura Kenna, of no fixed abode, is charged with attempting to murder Fionnuala Burke on Lower Drumcondra Road in the city on January 3, 2017, and of assault causing serious harm to her on the same occasion. She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to both counts and is on trial at the Central Criminal Court.