80 - Trauma: The murder of Wayne McQuillan

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🗓️ 22 November 2020

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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. 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 presented by the Irish housing charity Threshold. You can also find it on Patreon! ******** With thanks to our sponsors for this episode: Try the hidden-object mystery game JunesJourney today! Download for free by clicking here or find it on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Get yourself natural, refillable deodorant that genuinely works at wearewild.com and use the code MENS to get 20% off your first order! 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1:08.0	and this is the story of Wayne McQuillion. Oh, In the early early hours of January 1st, 2014, an hour and a half after people rang in the new year,
1:51.0	a group of teenage boys were walking through Rathmullen Park in Drahada, County Loudh.
1:56.8	As they passed a garden in the housing estate, a man wearing what they thought was a red football
2:01.8	jersey stumbled outside, pleading for help.
2:05.8	In the dark of the night they watched as the man tripped and fell onto the grass.
2:10.6	He cried out that he had been stabbed and needed an ambulance. In the doorway of the house a woman was
2:15.8	standing drying her hands with a towel. The light from the house and one of the teenager's
2:21.2	phones made it clear that the man was not wearing a red top.
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