Witness tells murder trial he 'heard a child crying' on night Cork toddler died

Neighbour Aoife Niamh McGaley told the court that what she heard was 'completely out of character' for Karen Harrington

Dylan Olney at the Central Criminal Court in Cork today where he told the court: “I heard repetitive banging, repetitive thumping." Picture Dan Linehan

A man living next door to the woman accused of murdering two-year-old Santina Cawley heard the child crying for about 20 minutes in the early hours of the morning and the infant being taunted with the words – “Aw, poor baby.” 

That was the evidence of Dylan Olney who lived next door to Karen Harrington at Elderwood Park, Boreenmanna Road. 38-year-old Karen Harrington of Lakelands Crescent, Mahon, Cork, denies the murder of Santina Cawley at Elderwood Park on July 5, 2019.