Christina Anderson appeals severity of jail sentence over fatal stabbing of stranger

Anderson was sentenced to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of Gareth Kelly as he tried to start his car near her home on February 25, 2020
Christina Anderson appeals severity of jail sentence over fatal stabbing of stranger

Christina Anderson was undergoing a psychotic episode when she stabbed 38-year-old Mr Kelly, court heard.

A woman who stabbed a stranger to death as he tried to start his car near her Dublin home has appealed the severity of her sentence for his manslaughter.

Christina Anderson, of Brownsbarn Wood, Kingswood, Dublin 24, was sentenced to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of Gareth Kelly. 

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