Woman given five year sentence for killing partner in self-defence

A 50-year-old woman, who used excessive force in self-defence when she fatally stabbed her partner in a Dublin apartment “in response to an anticipated attack”, has been jailed for five years.

The Central Criminal Court previously heard that Ann Phelan, who had her own “demons with drugs” and led a “disruptive life”, told gardaí she was in “total fear”, that she didn’t mean to kill her ex-partner David Ennis, and what had happened was a “tragic accident”.

The court heard that Mr Ennis had suffered head injuries after a fall from a balcony a few days before he was killed and had been behaving aggressively.

Phelan’s barrister, Fiona Murphy SC, alongside Carol Doherty BL, had informed the court during a sentencing hearing that her client was “tortured by her actions” and had genuinely cared for Mr Ennis.

The pair were “in a relationship of sorts” for two to three years where drugs were “sadly” a feature, the court heard.

Sentencing Phelan at the Central Criminal Court on Monday,…

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