Nadine Lott trial hears accused told motorist 'I killed my wife because she was with my friend'

An intensive care nurse has told the jury that Nadine Lott was "completely unrecognisable" and that she had never seen anybody so badly injured.

Opening the trial of Daniel Murtagh, prosecution counsel John O'Kelly SC said Nadine Lott (pictured) suffered "severe blunt force trauma" and stab injuries at the hands of her former partner "in a sustained attack" in her Arklow home. File photo

A 34-year-old man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Nadine Lott told a motorist that he had "killed my wife because she was with my friend", just hours after he assaulted her, a trial has heard.

The jury also heard today that Daniel Murtagh told a paramedic that he had killed his "girlfriend" after crashing his car into a ditch in the early hours of the morning. "In the back of the ambulance he was telling me how much he loved his girlfriend but they had a fight," said the witness.