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Court reports mentioning the name Alan Wilson

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2014-07-24 · Dublin

Gardai destroyed notes of meetings held with main witness

During the trial of a Dublin man charged with the murder of 18‑year‑old Marioara Rostas, a Garda involved in the Witness Protection Programme testified that notes of meetings with the main witness were destroyed. The accused, Alan Wilson, 35, pleaded not guilty to the murder that occurred at O'Hanlon's house on Brabazon Street in January 2008.…

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2014-07-23 · Dublin

Senior garda denies main witness in Roma teen murder investigation received preferential treatment

During the trial of Alan Wilson, charged with the 2008 murder of 18‑year‑old Romanian teenager Maria Rostas, Detective Superintendent JJ Keane denied that the State's main witness, Fergus O'Hanlon, received preferential treatment or immunity in exchange for his statement. Keane testified that O'Hanlon had not been offered any deals and that no…

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2014-07-22 · Dublin

State's main witness in Roma teen murder trial denies hating the accused

In the trial of Alan Wilson for the 2008 murder of 18‑year‑old Marioara Rostas, the State's main witness, Fergus O'Hanlon, 37, denied hating Wilson and said he helped dispose of the body because he was "dead if he didn't". O'Hanlon, a convicted criminal, was granted immunity and testified that he arrived home on 8 January 2008 to find Rostas with…

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2014-07-21 · Dublin

Main witness in Roma teen murder trial denies resembling photofit

In the trial of Alan Wilson for the 2008 murder of 18‑year‑old Marioara Rostas, the State's main witness, Fergus O'Hanlon, denied that he resembled a composite photofit of the driver of the Ford Mondeo seen with the victim. O'Hanlon, who has immunity, testified that he arrived at Wilson's home on 8 January 2008 to find Rostas with a hole in her…

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2014-07-17 · Dublin

Judge apologises to jury in Roma teen murder trial over delay

In the trial of Alan Wilson, 35, charged with the murder of 18‑year‑old Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas, the judge, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy, apologised to the jury for a delay that had pushed proceedings beyond the expected four‑week period. The jury had been absent for more than a fortnight while complex legal matters were addressed. Mr…

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2014-07-10 · Dublin

Jury in trial of man charged with murder of Roma teen expected to return next week

The Central Criminal Court is set to resume the trial of Alan Wilson, 35, who is charged with the murder of 18‑year‑old Marioara Rostas. The jury, consisting of ten men and two women, is expected to return to court on Monday after being excused last week. Wilson pleaded not guilty to the killing that took place at a house on Brabazon Street, The…

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2014-07-08 · Dublin

Jury in Roma teen murder trial to return on Thursday

The Central Criminal Court is set to resume the trial of Alan Wilson, 35, who is charged with the murder of 18‑year‑old Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas. Wilson pleaded not guilty at a house on Brabazon Street, The Coombe, between 7 and 8 January 2008. The jury, which had been excused from attending the previous week, is expected to return on…

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2014-07-03 · Dublin

Jury in Marioara Rostas murder trial not due back until next week

The Central Criminal Court trial of Alan Wilson, 35, charged with the murder of 18‑year‑old Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas, is paused until the jury returns next week. The jury was expected to come back on Tuesday but is delayed by a legal issue. The case concerns the disappearance of Rostas on 6 January 2008 and the discovery of her body in a…

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2014-06-30 · Dublin City, Dublin

Frightened Marioara asked for "Daddy to come get her"

In a 2008 murder trial, 18‑year‑old Marioara Rostas was reported missing after a phone call to her brother in Romania, where she pleaded for her father to come get her. Her body was later found in a shallow grave on the Wicklow border, with four bullet wounds to the head. The accused, 35‑year‑old Alan Wilson, pleaded not guilty. Evidence included…

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2014-06-27 · Dublin

Roma teen went missing just 18 days after arrival in Ireland

In 2008, a 35‑year‑old man, Alan Wilson, was charged with murdering his daughter, Marioara Rostas, who disappeared on 6 January 2008 after a brief stay in Dublin. Wilson, who had moved from Romania to Ireland with his family in late 2007, left his son and daughter at home to get food and returned to find the girl missing. He waited three hours,…

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2014-06-26 · Dublin

Roma teen's body found lying in foetal position, murder trial hears

In a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, the body of 18‑year‑old Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas was found in a shallow grave in a foetal position four years after she disappeared. The body, discovered by former Deputy State Pathologist Dr Khalid Jabbar at Kippure woodland on 23 January 2012, was wrapped in dark plastic bags and secured…

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2014-06-25 · Dublin

Roma teenager shot in the head four times and buried in a shallow grave

In a Dublin murder trial, a 35‑year‑old man, Alan Wilson, stands accused of killing 18‑year‑old Romanian Roma teenager Marioara Rostas in January 2008. Prosecutor Seán Gillane presented evidence that Rostas, who had moved to Dublin with her family in late 2007, was last seen with a man in a silver Ford Mondeo. Wilson allegedly drove the car,…

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2014-06-23 · Dublin

Romanian murder trial starts on Wednesday

The trial of Alan Wilson, 35, charged with murdering 18‑year‑old Marioara Rostas in Dublin in 2008, will open on Wednesday. Wilson pleaded not guilty. He was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court last week and a jury was sworn in. The trial was scheduled to start Monday but was delayed because two jurors could not serve, leading to the jury's…

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