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A beast left a woman battling for her life while her friend lay dead on the bedroom floor - before returning moments later to nonchalantly join worried neighbours gathering outside the murder scene. ‌

Now, 23 years on, the woman who survived 20 stab wounds fears she could cross paths with the murderer on the streets of Cork, if he is released from prison . And below, we revisit one of the most shocking unprovoked attacks Ireland has ever witnessed. ‌

Peter Whelan was 20 when he attempted to assault a barman with a glass ashtray, leading to him being thrown out of a pub in Cork. ‌

On the same evening, April 27, 2002, Nichola Sweeney had just returned home from her part-time job. She was residing in Rochestown after her family moved from London when sh

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