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24/09/2012
Woman Killed In Home Only Returned 'As Gardaí Told Her It Was Safe'
Friends of a young woman stabbed to death in her Dublin home at the weekend have claimed she only returned because gardaí told her it was safe to do so.
26-year-old Anna Finnegan was stabbed in her home in Allendale Glen, Ongar, west Dublin on Friday night, her brother Karl was also attacked.
Her two young children were asleep upstairs during the attack.
She had been in a safe house in Bray, Co Wicklow with her children since August, and had secured a barring order against her 31-year-old former partner last week.
Friends say she had been advised by gardaí last week it was safe for her to return to her home, the Irish Time reported this morning.
It is understood Ms Finnegan had returned to the house in west Dublin but had asked her brother Karl to stay with her and the children, Lulja (2) and Billy (8 months).
She was in the house with him when her former partner gained entry and allegedly stabbed Ms Finnegan with a knife several times.
When Mr Finnegan tried to intervene he too was stabbed.
After the attack her former partner made a 999 call and then brought Ms Finnegan to the nearby Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown. He dropped her at the door of the emergency department before driving away.
She was pronounced dead at about 10.30pm. Her former partner was arrested on Saturday evening. Gardaí were last night continuing to question him in connection with her death.
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26-year-old Anna Finnegan was stabbed in her home in Allendale Glen, Ongar, west Dublin on Friday night, her brother Karl was also attacked.
Her two young children were asleep upstairs during the attack.
She had been in a safe house in Bray, Co Wicklow with her children since August, and had secured a barring order against her 31-year-old former partner last week.
Friends say she had been advised by gardaí last week it was safe for her to return to her home, the Irish Time reported this morning.
It is understood Ms Finnegan had returned to the house in west Dublin but had asked her brother Karl to stay with her and the children, Lulja (2) and Billy (8 months).
She was in the house with him when her former partner gained entry and allegedly stabbed Ms Finnegan with a knife several times.
When Mr Finnegan tried to intervene he too was stabbed.
After the attack her former partner made a 999 call and then brought Ms Finnegan to the nearby Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown. He dropped her at the door of the emergency department before driving away.
She was pronounced dead at about 10.30pm. Her former partner was arrested on Saturday evening. Gardaí were last night continuing to question him in connection with her death.
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