Cork woman stabbed female 14 times with screwdriver during 'crime of passion'

Victim received stab wounds to her face, scalp and stomach

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard Jennifer Cronin has 51 previous convictions dating from November 1990 to March 2022. 

A crime of passion saw a 43-year-old Cork woman stab another woman 14 times with a screwdriver in her own home because she believed the victim was having ‘liaisons’ with her partner.

Three of the stab wounds were to the face, three to the scalp and five of them were to the stomach.