Prosecution tells Cork murder trial accused had said he had killed his wife in 999 call

The jury was told that it would be alleged by the prosecution that the accused purchased the knife used on July 14, 2023, two days earlier

43-year-old Regin Parithapara Rajan (pictured), was arraigned on the single charge of murdering 38-year-old Deepa Paruthiyezhuth Dinamani at their home at Cardinal Court, Wilton, Cork, on July 14, 2023. File picture: Dan Linehan

The man who was put on trial on Monday for the murder of his wife was described by the prosecution as making a 999 call on the night in question in which he said he had killed his wife.

That was one of the allegations made by prosecution senior counsel Seán Gillane in his opening of the case before a judge and jury at the Central Criminal Court in Cork. Mr Gillane stressed that his opening address was a thumbnail sketch of the evidence anticipated by the prosecution but was not itself evidence.