Scarlett Faulkner ‘hunted down’ and assaulted with ‘brutal force’, murder trial hears
A murder trial has begun in Ireland regarding the death of Scarlett Faulkner, who was allegedly beaten to death with a metal pole. Prosecutors claim the attack was a joint enterprise motivated by a relationship dispute involving the accused.
Why it matters
The case highlights issues of domestic violence and the legal complexities of joint criminal enterprise in murder trials.
A woman and a teenage girl “hunted down” Scarlett Faulkner before the younger accused used “brutal, ferocious force” to beat her to death with a metal pole, a barrister has told the Central Criminal Court .
Prosecution counsel Seoirse Ó Dúnlaing opened the murder trial on Tuesday, telling the jury the prosecution’s case is that both accused were part of a joint enterprise to kill or cause serious harm to the woman.
The motive for the attack, he said, was that Scarlett Faulkner was in a relationship with the older accused’s former partner.
He said the older woman spent a day looking for the mother of one and her new partner before spotting him driving his Ford Transit van.
Counsel said the older accused followed her former partner before ramming him off the road in an incident that was caught on dashcam footage.
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