Macroom murder accused claims ex-husband stabbed her when she called him 'satanic'

Assistant state pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster testified today the deceased sustained 28 stab wounds

Murder accused, Rita O'Driscoll (pictured), told interviewing gardaí that Timmy Foley "nearly killed me a couple of times". Picture: John Delea

The woman accused of murdering her ex-husband in Macroom claimed he began to stab her when she said to him, “You are satanic, you are evil.”

Rita O’Driscoll (aged 48) of Bridge Street, Bandon, County Cork, made this claim to gardaí when interviewed about the case by officers.