'Accidental' throat cut husband guilty of wife's murder

A MAN who claimed he accidentally cut the throat of his wife with a carving knife has been found guilty of murder.

- BY OLIVIA KELLEHER

Regin Rajan, 43, didn't show any emotion as the jury at the Central Criminal Court in Cork found him guilty.

Ms Justice Siobhan Lankford thanked the jurors for their service and remanded Rajan in custody for sentencing on May 2. Ullas Dinamani, the only sibling of the deceased Deepa Paruthiyezhuth Dinamani, who was 38 when she was killed, will attend the sentence virtually from India.

Rajan opted to give direct evidence in the murder trial. He shed a tear as he told the jury he wished he could turn back the clock to July 14, 2023.

Rajan, who is from Kerala in India, said Deepa sustained a 14cm knife wound following a tragic accident at their home in Cardinal Court in Wilton in Cork city. The cut ran from an earlobe to the mid-point of her neck.

Rajan had insisted that there was a struggle between the pair. He claimed his wife had picked up the knife at a bedroom in their home and told him to get out following an argument.

He said "her throat got cut" amid a tussle.