Deceased could have survived stab injuries with 'prompt attention', murder trial hears

Paula Farrell of Rathmullen Park in Drogheda has pleaded not guilty to murdering 30-year-old Wayne McQuillan, but guilty to his manslaughter by stabbing him four times at that address on January 1, 2014.

A pathologist has told a Drogheda murder trial that ‘there would be a reasonable expectation at least of survival’ had the deceased received prompt attention for his stab wounds.

Other witnesses testified that there was so much blood on his bare upper body while he waited for an ambulance that they thought he was wearing a Liverpool jersey.