Woman accused of murdering ex-husband 'loved but feared him'

Rita O'Driscoll said he did not deserve to die, 'but I don't need to look over my shoulder any more'.

 Rita O'Driscoll called her ex-husband 'a murderer and battered woman beater'. Picture: John Delea

The woman accused of murdering her ex-husband in Macroom, Co Cork said she loved him and he did not deserve to die, but she also feared him and called him “a murderer and a battered woman beater”. 

Rita O’Driscoll was asked by gardaí investigating the case if she had feelings for the man, and she replied: “Of course I do. He is my husband, the father of my children. Timmy was always making me rob for him, cleaning up after him.