Cork woman accuses man of threatening to kill her during burglary

The complainant told the trial that the accused "said he would have no problem to kill me or my family".

The young mother of three told a judge and jury that she woke at six o’clock in the morning to see a man tapping a knife against her leg and "he said he has killed before and he would do it to me".

A young mother of three told a judge and jury that she woke at six o’clock in the morning to see a man tapping a knife against her leg and she testified that he later threatened to kill her.

The case against 29-year-old Jamie McKenzie of Dun Eoin, Carrigaline, County Cork, opened before Judge Helen Boyle and a jury of three women and nine men at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.