Throat slicing accused said she wanted to see her die
Laura Kenna A WOMAN on trial for slicing a civil servant’s throat told gardai she had a fascination with seeing “the life drain out of people”.
Laura Kenna, 35, of no fixed abode, is charged with attempted murder of Fionnuala Bourke on Lower Drumcondra Road, Dublin, on January 3, 2017.
She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Ms Bourke was walking home from work at 5pm when she was attacked.
Her “throat was slit” and she suffered “severe facial scarring”.
On the second day of the trial yesterday, prosecutor Fiona Crawford told the jury Kenna was interviewed three times by gardai two days after the attack.
She told officers she didn’t know Ms Bourke beforehand and said she had followed another woman shortly before the attack but “let her go”, the jury heard.
Kenna said, “She just happened to work for that lot” referring to the Department of Social Protection.
When asked why she assaulted Ms Bourke, she told gardai she “snapped”, she “wanted to see her die” and she had a fascination with seeing “the life drain out of people”.
The trial continues before Mr Justice Robert Eagar and a jury today.
Picture This surprise onlookers from Westbury Hotel yesterday