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A "sick, twisted and deranged monster" who claimed that his partner deliberately stabbed herself to death was today addressed directly by his victim's three sisters, one of whom shouted at him: "You are a coward, an active predator and an abuser of women. You hide against your insecurities through your fists".
The jury took over 13 hours to deliberate.
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Man admitted using violence against mother of two Amadea McDermott (27) in his own evidence
A gravedigger who claimed that his partner deliberately stabbed herself to death has been found not guilty of her murder but guilty of manslaughter by the majority verdict of a Central Criminal Court jury.
Martin Hayes had admitted using violence against mother of two Amadea McDermott (27) in his own evidence to the trial, which also heard that he used a hidden…