Irish woman on trial for murder of fiancé in Sydney
THE trial of a Wexford woman accused of murdering her partner in Australia is due to begin in Sydney today.
Tina Cahill, 27, is charged with the murder of fiancé David ‘Motcha’ Walsh in February of last year.
Both are from Wexford and met while socialising in Australia.
It is alleged that Ms Cahill stabbed the father of three in the neck outside a house in the Sydney suburb of Padstow.
Mr Walsh was found bleeding from his neck and mouth after police were called to a fight between a number of people at the property.
He was treated by paramedics but was pronounced dead at the scene.
Locals in the area said they heard glass breaking and people screaming before the emergency services arrived.
Mr Walsh, who was 29 at the time of his death, was originally from Enniscorthy, while Ms Cahill is a New Ross native. The couple got engaged on the New Year’s Eve before the incident.
Mr Walsh, who worked in construction, had three daughters from a previous relationship. Just days before his death, Mr Walsh posted a loving message to his fiancée on Facebook.
He wrote: ‘Never have I met someone that brings so much happiness to those around them. I love your smile and the way you laugh and all your little quirks that make you who you are, because that person is one of a kind.
‘You are so incredibly beautiful on the inside and out.’ Ms Cahill replied: ‘Love you too.’ News of the death of Mr Walsh rocked the community of Enniscorthy, with tributes to the young man flooding social media.
Ms Cahill’s father Dan revealed last year that he only found out his daughter had been charged with murder from radio reports. ‘It’s hard to think about it because you don’t know what happened,’ he said.
The trial is expected to last between five and eight weeks.