Cork murder trial hears 'number of witnesses' saw accused with knife 'in her hand'

The court also heard that Paul Jones had “25 or so stab wounds to his torso and a stab chop-wound to his head.” 

Helen Jones, 54, of 27 Cahergal Avenue, Mayfield, Cork, pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering Paul Jones – her 52-year-old brother at his home - on September 4, 2019, at 108 Bandon Road, Cork. File photo

The motive for the murder by stabbing of a 52-year-old man at his home in Cork city was a row over the inheritance of a family home, the prosecution alleged at the opening of the case.

The judge and jury was also told that a post-mortem examination of the body of Paul Jones found inside his front door at Bandon Road over two years ago showed “25 or so stab wounds to his torso and a stab chop-wound to his head.”