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A man found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, who was found struck to death in his apartment with 125 different body injuries, had another woman subjected to a savage attack four years earlier.
Cathal O. Sullivan (45) was sentenced to life for the murder of the mother of three children Nicola Collins (38) by a jury of the Central Criminal Court in Cork.
The jury of nine men and three women had deliberated on their verdict for nearly four hours in two days after a three-week trial.
Judge Eileen Creedon was informed that the jury had found the accused guilty of the murder of Ms. Collins by unanimous verdict.
O 'Sullivan, of Popham's Road, Farranree, Cork and formerly of Charleville, in Cork County, remained impbadive while the verdict was handed down and that Madam Justice Creedon had imposed the prison sentence on perpetuity.
The prosecution maintained throughout the trial that the accused had beaten Ms. Collins to death.
The sentencing hearing learned that in 2013, O. Sullivan was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence in the Cork Circuit Criminal Court for violent badault on another woman.
This attack left the young woman physically unable to leave her property for three days. She was then found to have kidney, liver and head injuries.
Nicola Collins' sister, Carly, said in a statement that her family would be "haunted" by the terrible injuries suffered by the mother of three.
"It was terribly heartbreaking to hear about the devastating injuries that she suffered.The idea of the pain she had to endure and the unimaginable terror she has certainly felt during his last hours will haunt us forever, "she said.
O & # 39; Sullivan had denied the murder of Mrs. Collins, originally from Kerry, to her apartment located on Popham's Road on March 27, 2017.
The science graduate insisted that Ms. Collins had been accidentally injured after throwing her to the ground as a result of consuming cider and that she then fell into the bath.
However, bruises and abrasions were found on almost every part of Mrs. Collins' body.
Emergency services found Mrs. Collins, naked on the floor of O 'sullivan' s apartment, legs leaning on a bed.
O & # 39; Sullivan was drinking beer while Paramedics were trying to revive Mrs. Collins. They had initially refused to leave the bedroom, explaining that he "used to see people dead" and that he preferred to stay.
The paramedics and the gardaí found fatal injuries in the apartment in the early hours of March 27.
In a statement from Garda, O. Sullivan said about Mrs. Collins' death: "It was pretty deep – that was its [Ms Collins] to die with me. She was happy. We sang songs before his death. "
O & # 39; Sullivan had also claimed that the couple were in bed watching "Young Offenders" when Ms. Collins, after drinking cider, was suddenly thrown at him.
Irish independent
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