A 63-year-old man who tried to kill his former partner after she told him she was in love with somebody else has been jailed for nine years.
A 63-year-old man who tried to kill his former partner after she told him she was in love with somebody else has been jailed for nine years.
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Patrick O’Rourke tried to stab Donna Foster to death at their home in Ballyvoloon in Cobh, Co. Cork on the morning of August 11th last year.
He was also handed a three and a half year concurrent sentence for assault causing harm to a minor at the same address on that date.
Speaking outside court afterwards, Donna said she now wants to just put it all behind her