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Wexford woman jailed for 8 years in Australia

Wexford woman jailed for 8 years in Australia

An Irish woman who stabbed her fiance to death in Australia has been jailed for 5 years without parole and a maximum of 8 years.

27-year-old Cathrina Cahill from Enniscorthy in County Wexford attacked David Walsh, who was 29, in February last year.

She was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the court in Sydney accepted she wasn't in the right frame of mind.

Journalist with the Daily Mail Australia, Holly Hales, says the judge took her mental health into account when sentencing:

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