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The trial has been adjourned of a 20-year-old Dublin man, charged with murdering another man in the capital two and a half years ago.
Craig O’Halloran of Colepark Road, Ballyfermot has pleaded not guilty to murdering 32-year old Kevin Kenny on July 31, 2011 at Sarsfield Road, Ballyfermot.
A jury was sworn in on Monday and the trial was due to start today.
However, the six men and six women were discharged yesterday morning as there was no judge available to hear the trial.
A new trial date will now be fixed.
A man who admitted his part in a surveillance operation on the Dublin headquarters of a number of specialist garda units has been acquitted of IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court.
There was a cry of “Yes” and stuttered applause from the public gallery this morning as the non-jury court delivered its judgement on the tenth day of the trial of Corey Mulhall (43).
The accused man had formally admitted taking photos of the garda complex on Harcourt Square in September 2012 after booking a room in the nearby Harcourt Hotel under the false name “Jason Egan”.
In the written admissions, Mr ….read more
(Pictured: Therese Doyle (35) leaving the Court of Criminal Appeal)
By Ruaidhri Giblin
A Dublin couple who were were given a wholly suspended seven year sentence for storing over half a million euro worth of cannabis in their home must wait to hear if their sentence will in increased.
The Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday reserved judgement in an appeal brought by the Director of Public Prosecution on grounds that the sentence imposed on partners Keith Jervis (36), and Therese Doyle (35), was unduly lenient.
The couple, with a last address at Rosewood Grove, Lucan, had plead guilty to possession with intent to supply ….read more
by Ruaidhri Giblin
An Indian computer expert convicted of drugging and raping two women in his apartment has claimed that prosecuting counsel made prejudicial comments during his trial at the Circuit Criminal Court in 2012.
At the Court of Criminal Appeal today, Kapil Garg (35), sought an order requesting the release of audio recordings from specific days of his trial which lead to his conviction for rape and sexual assault.
Originally from Mumbai, India, Mr Garg was found guilty by a jury of the offences which took place in his apartment at Whitefriar Place in July 2011. He was sentenced to twelve years ….read more
A woman has told the trial of a 21-year-old accused of murdering a man in north Dublin three years ago that she saw him with a weapon.
Michael Kinsella of Swiftbrook Close in Tallaght has pleaded not guilty to murdering Adil Essalhi (31) at Tyrrelstown, Co.Dublin on January 6, 2011.
The trial has already heard that the accused’s uncle Wayne Kinsella was convicted of murder.
Today Natasha Carey told the Central Criminal Court that she was staying in Martina Deegan’s house in Tyrrelstown at the time of the incident and was eight months pregnant with Wayne Kinsella’s child.
She told Mr Alex Owens SC ….read more
by Anne Sharkey
A Dublin man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the murder of a man whose body was found in a wardrobe in 2012.
Christopher Jackson was stabbed to death in his Dublin flat almost two years ago on 7 September.
Bernard Locke (41), from Ramillies Road Ballyfermot pleaded guilty to the murder of Christopher Jackson (53) two weeks ago.
Conor Devally SC, prosecuting confirmed with Detective Garda Michael Donlon that Mr Locke had pleaded guilty to a single count of murder.
Mr Devally went on to confirm that Bernard Locke had conceded the he was guilty immediately after ….read more
