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A Fermanagh woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife has been jailed for three years.A Fermanagh woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife has been jailed for three years.
Kerri Cassidy, 27, admitted the manslaughter of 19-year-old Gary Elliot during a drunken row at her home in Townhill Park in Irvinestown in 2007.Kerri Cassidy, 27, admitted the manslaughter of 19-year-old Gary Elliot during a drunken row at her home in Townhill Park in Irvinestown in 2007.
Belfast Crown Court heard Cassidy had "deliberately inflicted" a stab wound to Mr Elliott's heart.Belfast Crown Court heard Cassidy had "deliberately inflicted" a stab wound to Mr Elliott's heart.
Cassidy, who has since married and given birth, must also serve a further two years on probation.Cassidy, who has since married and given birth, must also serve a further two years on probation.
The court had heard Mr Elliott had not walked onto the knife, as Cassidy had claimed.The court had heard Mr Elliott had not walked onto the knife, as Cassidy had claimed.
The prosecution accepted there was "insufficient evidence" to say Cassidy had set out to murder Mr Elliott, or that she had not initially picked up the knife in self-defence.The prosecution accepted there was "insufficient evidence" to say Cassidy had set out to murder Mr Elliott, or that she had not initially picked up the knife in self-defence.
But her use of the knife "to deliver a blow went beyond reasonable self-defence in all the circumstances".But her use of the knife "to deliver a blow went beyond reasonable self-defence in all the circumstances".
The defence said Mr Elliott had "come towards her, with fists raised, she grabbed what was immediately to hand, which unfortunately was a knife, and raised it initially to ward him off, or to get him to back off from her".The defence said Mr Elliott had "come towards her, with fists raised, she grabbed what was immediately to hand, which unfortunately was a knife, and raised it initially to ward him off, or to get him to back off from her".
They also accepted that Cassidy clearly "went too far in using the knife", although at a time when "her judgement would have been substantially effected by the alcohol she had taken".They also accepted that Cassidy clearly "went too far in using the knife", although at a time when "her judgement would have been substantially effected by the alcohol she had taken".