Scarlett Faulkner murder trial: Accused claimed she would 'kill no woman over a man'

Garda sergeant tells court that there were 267 completed or attempted calls to and from the older accused's phone on the day of the alleged murder
Scarlett Faulkner: Prosecution says motive for the attack was that she had begun a relationship with the older accused's husband. 

Scarlett Faulkner: Prosecution says motive for the attack was that she had begun a relationship with the older accused's husband. 

A woman accused of murdering Scarlett Faulkner after the deceased started seeing her husband told her cousin that she would "kill no woman over a man" and swore "on the blessed lady" that she "never put a finger on her", her trial has heard.

The 41-year-old woman has pleaded not guilty to Ms Faulkner's murder while a 17-year-old girl has pleaded not guilty to Ms Faulkner's murder, but guilty to manslaughter. They are both on trial at the Central Criminal Court.

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