Cork man serving life sentence appeals murder conviction

The Passage West man serving a life sentence for murdering his girlfriend by stabbing her in the neck and setting fire to her home was in the Court of Appeal today appealing the murder conviction.

Darren Murphy, 42, with an address at Dan Desmond Villas, Passage West, County Cork, denied murdering Olivia Dunlea, a 36-year-old mother of three at her home at Pembroke Crescent, Pembroke Woods, Passage West, on February 17, 2013 but admitted manslaughter.