Court archive
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2024-06-27 · Dublin
Alan Ward, 56, was convicted of murdering his wife Catherine Doyle, 41, on 1 March 2019 in their Clondalkin home. He had a long history of domestic violence and alcohol abuse, and in 2017 suffered a stroke that caused communication difficulties. Ward claimed diminished responsibility due to a mental disorder from the stroke, but the Court of…
2021-12-20 · Tallaght, Dublin
Alan Ward, aged 54, was found guilty by a unanimous jury of murdering his wife Catherine Ward, aged 41, by stabbing her to death in their Dublin home on 1 March 2019. Ward had claimed that a stroke he suffered in 2017 had substantially diminished his responsibility, but the jury rejected this defence after a little over seven hours of…
2021-12-17 · Dublin
A jury will resume deliberations on Monday in the trial of Alan Ward, 54, who stabbed his wife Catherine Ward, 41, to death on 1 March 2019 at their Clondalkin home. Ward has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge and to an offence of threatening to kill or seriously harm his son Adam Ward, as well as to an attempt to stab Adam on the same date.…
2021-12-16 · Dublin
During a trial that had lasted just over a week, Judge Tony Hunt instructed a jury of eight men and three women on how to decide the case of Alan Ward, 54, who was charged with murdering his wife, Catherine Ward, 41, on 1 March 2019. He explained that the jury could only find Ward guilty of murder, not guilty of murder, or guilty of manslaughter.…
2021-12-15 · Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court, the prosecution's barrister Bernard Condon SC delivered a closing speech urging the jury to convict Alan Ward, 54, for the murder of his wife Catherine Ward, 41, on 1 March 2019. Condon argued that Ward's intent to kill or cause serious injury was clear from the nature of the stab wounds, the history of violence…
2021-12-14 · Dublin
The Central Criminal Court heard that Alan Ward, aged 54, denies murdering his wife Catherine Ward, aged 41, who died on 1 March 2019 after being stabbed in their home. Ward has pleaded not guilty to the murder, to a threat to kill his son Adam, and to an attempted stabbing of Adam. He was previously charged in 2002 with assaulting his wife after…
2021-12-13 · Dublin
In a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, the state pathologist, Dr Michael Curtis, testified that Catherine Ward, aged 41, died from a fatal stab wound to her neck that severed two arteries, sliced her windpipe, and entered her lungs, causing the left lung to collapse. The wound entered at a 45‑degree angle and travelled about 10…
2021-12-10 · Dublin
Two weeks before the murder of his wife, Alan Ward, 54, visited neighbour Siobhan Byrne's home in Clondalkin, where he was visibly agitated and smelled of alcohol. Byrne, who had known the Ward family since they moved in, reported that Ward stood at her door, then, after being brought inside, told her, "You're a lovely lady but brain's telling me…
2021-12-09 · Dublin
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, Alan Ward, 54, pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife Catherine, 41, who was found dead on March 1, 2019, at their Clondalkin home. Ward told Gardaí that after a bickering episode, his wife hit him, he grabbed a lock‑knife, and went upstairs where she lay in blood. When asked if he stabbed her, he said…
2021-12-08 · Tallaght, Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court, Adam Ward, 23, son of the accused Alan Ward, testified that his father had previously used a Samurai sword to stab a neighbour, forcing the family to leave Tallaght. Adam described a household marked by frequent arguments, physical altercations, and his father's refusal to allow his mother to pursue her own…
2021-12-07 · Dublin
A 54‑year‑old man, Alan Ward, is charged with the murder of his wife, Catherine Ward, 41, who was ten years his junior. The incident occurred on 1 March 2019 at their home on Greenfort Drive, Clondalkin. Ward told Gardaí that he had "snapped" after his wife struck him with a bottle and that he had stabbed her, but later said it was "possible he…
2021-12-06 · Dublin
A 54‑year‑old man, Alan Ward, will go on trial tomorrow for the murder of his wife, Catherine Ward, 41, who was killed on 1 March 2019 at their home on Greenfort Drive, Clondalkin. Ward is charged with the murder and two further offences: threatening to kill or seriously harm their son Adam Ward and attempting to stab Adam on the same day. He…