Woman accused of mopping up scene of alleged fatal stabbing told gardaí she saw no blood in property
A woman accused of mopping up the scene of an alleged fatal stabbing at her partner's north Dublin home told gardaí she did not see any blood in the property and that nothing happened in the house that she knew of, a trial has heard.
A forensic scientist also gave evidence that he had noted at least four blood-stained ring patterns on the kitchen floor in the accused man's house and it was likely the ring stains had been altered by wiping.
It is the prosecution case that murder accused Derek Boyd stabbed Mark Carroll with the intention of killing him or causing him serious harm.
Boyd's partner Chantelle Harcourt stands accused of impeding his prosecution and it is the prosecution case that an effort was made to clean up the house with a mop before gardaí had arrived.
The Central Criminal Court jury has heard that the accused man Boyd was on a suspended sentence for shooting his sister dead "in a tragic accident" when he is alleged to have fatally stabbed Mark Carroll.
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