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2017-03-03 · Limerick
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Christopher McNamara, a 24‑year‑old from Limerick, who had been convicted of murdering a 71‑year‑old retired soldier, James Boyce, in March 2011. The two‑week trial in January 2014 heard that McNamara had confessed to the killing to his mother and that the victim and the accused were friendly, with the…
2017-01-27 · Limerick
Christopher McNamara, aged 24, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of James Boyce, a 71‑year‑old retired soldier, in Limerick in March 2011. McNamara had previously pleaded not guilty and had admitted the killing to his mother. He had been responsible for Boyce's domestic needs, including lighting his fire.…
2014-01-24 · Limerick
A Limerick man, Christopher McNamara, aged 21, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of retired soldier James Boyce, aged 71, who was killed between 6 and 7 March 2011 on St Munchins Street, St Mary's Park. The court heard that Boyce suffered fatal neck injuries from a long striking edge, with multiple larynx fractures. McNamara…
2014-01-23 · Limerick
The jury has begun deliberating the case of Christopher McNamara, a 21‑year‑old Limerick man, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 71‑year‑old James Boyce. The trial, held at St Munchins Street, St Mary's Park, concerns Boyce's death between 6 and 7 March 2011. Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan explained that the defence has raised the question…
2014-01-22 · Limerick
In a 2014 Limerick murder case, Christopher McNamara, aged 21, pleaded not guilty to the killing of 71‑year‑old James Boyce. The prosecution urged the jury to consider the severe injuries inflicted on Boyce, who was beaten and strangled with a stick, including a fractured Adam's apple that could have caused death even in a healthy person. The…
2014-01-21 · Limerick
In the Central Criminal Court, Christopher McNamara, aged 21, pleaded not guilty to the murder of James Boyce, aged 71, which occurred between 6 and 7 March 2011. The jury heard that on 24 March 2011 Garda Brian Begley had searched McNamara's home and seized items including a pair of white gloves and a 42‑inch LG television. The television had…
2014-01-17 · Limerick
In a 2014 Limerick murder case, 21‑year‑old Christopher McNamara pleaded not guilty to the killing of 71‑year‑old James Boyce. McNamara's mother, Pauline Whelan, testified that her son admitted to choking Boyce with a sweeping brush handle, though he denied harming the man. She recounted overhearing him on the phone with Boyce and later claiming…
2014-01-16 · Limerick
In a 2014 Limerick murder trial, Christopher McNamara, aged 21, pleaded not guilty to the killing of James Boyce, 71, which occurred between 6 and 7 March 2011. Witnesses testified that on the night of the murder McNamara was seen carrying a large sum of money in fifty‑euro notes, with one witness estimating the amount at €3,325. McNamara was…
2014-01-15 · Limerick
In a 2014 hearing, a Limerick court heard that fingerprints belonging to Christopher McNamara, aged 21, matched those found in the bedroom of the deceased pensioner James Boyce, aged 71, who was murdered between 6 and 7 March 2011. McNamara, residing at Good Shepherd Villas, Pennywell Road, pleaded not guilty to the murder. Detective Wall…
2014-01-14 · Limerick
In a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, the court heard that Garda Enda Moroney discovered the body of 71‑year‑old James Boyce at his home on St Munchins Street, St Mary's Park, Limerick, on 7 March 2011. Moroney reported finding blood on the sitting‑room floor and later the lifeless body in the bedroom, with a piece of wood on Boyce's…
2014-01-13 · Limerick
A 21‑year‑old Limerick man, Christopher McNamara, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of 71‑year‑old James Boyce, who lived on St Munchins Street. The prosecution alleges that McNamara visited Boyce on the night of 6 March 2011 and again after midnight, and that he killed him by striking him repeatedly with a sweeping brush,…
2013-12-12 · Limerick
The trial of Christopher McNamara, a 21‑year‑old from Good Shepherd Villas, Limerick, accused of murdering 71‑year‑old pensioner James Boyce on St Munchin's Street between 6 and 7 March 2011, was set to begin at the Central Criminal Court. A jury of seven women and five men had been sworn in, but Judge Garrett Sheehan adjourned the proceedings,…
2013-12-09 · Limerick
Christopher McNamara, a 21-year-old defendant from Good Shepherd Villas, Pennywell Road, Limerick, is due to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court. He has pleaded not guilty to the alleged murder of James Boyce, aged 71, which is said to have occurred at St Munchin's Street, St Mary's Park, Limerick, between March 6 and 7, 2011. The matter is…