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A mother of two accused of the murder of her ex-husband made several death threats, including to pour gasoline on him and set him on fire, it emerged in Thursday’s trial.
Lizzie Foley recounted at the Rita O’Driscoll (48) murder trial that she heard her threaten her uncle, Ms O’Driscoll’s ex-husband Timmy Foley (44) so often that she came to think of it as a almost normal behavior on his part. .
“On one occasion, I heard her say on the phone, ‘I’ll put gas on you and set you on fire. I just thought it was General Rita. I didn’t think she would follow up. things so often that it was almost normal. “
Ms. Foley testified on the sixth day of Ms. O’Driscoll’s trial for the murder of Mr. Foley and the assault that seriously injured her other uncle, Jason Foley (43) at Dan Corkery Place in Macroom, Co Cork on October 8, 2018.
Ms. O’Driscoll of Bridge Street, Bandon, Co Cork denied the charges of murder and assault when she was tried before a jury of five men and seven women in Cork Central Criminal Court.
Ms. Foley also told the jury Thursday that she used to visit Ms. O’Driscoll at her home in Bandon, where she lived with her son, Michael, and her daughter, Chantal, after she separated from Foley, who was living in Macroom.
Ms. Foley said that she was quite close to her cousin, Michael, and used to visit him two or three times a week. She frequently heard Ms. O’Driscoll threaten her ex-husband, particularly when he was drinking, Foley said.
“I heard her say once, ‘If I can’t have it, no one will,’” Ms. Foley said, adding that Ms. O’Driscoll generally got along with her son, Michael, but they rowed after they had been drinking.
Alcohol
Foley said that five weeks before Mr. Foley was stabbed to death in Macroom, O’Driscoll said he would go to Jason Foley’s Macroom home with a bag of alcohol to see his ex-husband.
She said Ms. O’Driscoll’s son Michael told her that his father didn’t want to see her, but Ms. O’Driscoll said he didn’t care.
“She said it was her life, that she was a middle-aged woman and that she could do whatever she wanted,” she said.
Foley said O’Driscoll used to bring alcohol to Timmy Foley in Macroom as a means of accessing it, but he disliked his former brother-in-law, Jason, who had suffered an acquired brain injury.
When asked by defense attorney Roderick O’Hanlon SC if he knew that Ms. O’Driscoll suffered from bipolar disorder, Foley said he knew that she was mentally ill and was receiving psychiatric treatment.
“I was friends with Mike and he mentioned to me that they (Mrs. O’Driscoll and Mr. Foley) weren’t officially divorced, but he said his dad didn’t love her anymore,” Mrs. Foley said.
The trial also heard evidence from Det Grda Mike Thompson of the Cybercrime Investigation Unit, who examined several cell phones found in the home where Mr. Foley was found with 28 separate stab wounds.
Mobile phones
Among the phones he examined were an Alcatel belonging to Mr. Foley and a Samsung phone belonging to Ms. O’Driscoll. He found multiple text messages in both that he retrieved as part of the investigation.
Det Garda Thompson told the court that he retrieved a series of text messages that Mr. Foley sent to Ms. O’Driscoll, including one saying “You’re sick, let me go, yes” and another in the that says let it be, yes.
He also found a text message in which Mr. Foley mentioned Sarah Hussey who he was in a relationship with, telling Mrs. O’Driscoll that “I love Sara and I love fucking Sara. She is my life”.
He found messages on Ms. O’Driscoll’s phone that were sent to Mr. Foley, including one that said, “Look, Timmy, I don’t want to argue. I’m happy to be your friend. I’ll always be there if you need me.” an attentive ear. “
She also found text messages on her phone that said, “Look, Timmy, you have a good heart. All I want is for you to be happy and “Follow your heart. No hard feelings. I want the best just for you. Good luck for you “.
And he also found text messages on Ms. O’Driscoll’s phone where the message read, “I don’t care. Go with who you want. I hope you treat her better than you treated me ‘; and “Never take me for a fool.”
Det Garda Thompson also recounted at trial how she found text messages on Ms. O’Driscoll’s phone that had been sent to the phone of Sarah Hussey with whom Foley had entered into a relationship.
A text message retrieved from Ms. O’Driscoll’s phone that had been sent to Ms. Hussey read: “For my dead mother, I will make life. I am a Traveler girl. Just wait and see. “
Another found on Ms. O’Driscoll’s phone said: “I have many contacts on every corner. You’ll get it girl So get out of the country. “While another said,” Why go for a married man; ‘I’m telling you, pay attention and get a single man.
Another recovered from Ms. O’Driscoll’s phone said: “Get a warning. Stay away from my husband and stop contacting him. If you don’t, they will cut you off. And I know where you are and I’m not worried about the guards. “
And another found on Ms. O’Driscoll’s phone said: “You’re dead when I call you. I won’t get it out, prostitute. On the way to Macroom now. And listen, I don’t care about the guards. ”
The case continues.
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