Wilton murder trial: Accused's claim that wife's death was an accident 'an attempt to sell you a pup', jury told

Prosecution argues Cork woman’s throat-slashing was deliberate murder, while defence insists it was a tragic accident

Regin Parithapara Rajan: His defence counsel told the jury the death of his wife was 'not a cold-blooded intentional killing, it is not murder'. Picture Dan Linehan

The lawyer for the man accused of murdering his wife by slashing her throat with a carving knife said it was not a cold-blooded killing but a tragic accident, but the prosecution lawyer said the accused was trying to sell the jury a pup.

Regin Parithapara Rajan, 43, denies the single charge of murdering his wife, 38-year-old Deepa Paruthiyezhuth Dinamani, at their home at Cardinal Court, Wilton, Cork, on July 14, 2023.