80 - Trauma: The murder of Wayne McQuillan

In the early hours New Year's day, 2014 Wayne McQuillan stumbled out of a house in Rathmullen Park, Drogheda Co Louth. He was covered in blood. Paula Farrell, his partner would face trial for his murder three times. But did she have a defence?  ******** Join me at CrimeCon UK on June 12-13th 2020. For more information and tickets visit crimecon.co.uk (https://www.crimecon.co.uk/) . Use the code MENSREA for 10% off. Purchase a ticket with the code and get in touch to get a free Mens Rea T-Shirt (limited to first 10 listeners who contact me) ******** Please check out www.thresholdbedtimestories.ie (http://www.thresholdbedtimestories.ie/) presented by the Irish housing charity Threshold. You can also find it on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/threshold_bedtimestories) ! ******** With thanks to our sponsors for this episode: Try the hidden-object mystery game JunesJourney today! 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