Knife found in bloodied toilet cistern, Cork murder case hears

Scenes of crimes examiner, Detective Garda Gary McDonnell, also testified that "there was blood on the walls and floor."

Rita O'Driscoll denies the murder of Timmy Foley. File Picture: John Delea

A steak knife and a mobile phone were found submerged in the cistern of a toilet at the house where a man died after being stabbed 28 times.

Scenes of crimes examiner, Detective Garda Gary McDonnell, testified on day five of the Macroom murder trial at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork, before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury of seven women and five men.