Cathal O’Sullivan has been jailed for life for beating his girlfriend to death in a horrific ordeal of violence that left her with 125 wounds including a fatal head injury and a fractured jaw. The jury of nine men and three women considered the garda photographs of the sickening wounds to Nicola Collins’ face and body. She also suffered subdural haematoma, the injury that would later cause the death four years later of the other victim of Cathal O’Sullivan’s violence — Nicola Collins. Carly Collins, sister of the late Nicola Collins, outside court yesterday. Several weeks later, they started their on/off relationship, with Nicola Collins coming over to stay in his flat on the Thursday night before her death.

Source: Irish Examiner November 29, 2018 23:26 UTC