Court archive
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2015-06-29 · Dublin
Ciaran Moran, 29, who is serving a life sentence for murder, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for assaulting Philip Massey at Bentley House hostel in Dun Laoghaire on 7 June 2013. Moran admitted kicking, punching and stabbing Massey in the abdomen after Massey said something "unpleasant" to him. The assault caused a wound that…
2015-05-20 · Dublin
Ciaran Moran, 29, was sentenced to life in prison by the Central Criminal Court for the murder of Gerard Donnelly. Moran, who had pleaded not guilty, changed his plea to guilty on the ninth day of his trial after the judge ruled that his descriptive confession should be heard by the jury. The court heard that Moran beat Mr Donnelly over the head…
2015-05-15 · Dublin
A 29‑year‑old homeless man, Ciaran Moran, pleaded guilty to murdering 36‑year‑old Gerard Donnelly in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Donnelly's body was found on fire with a severed toe. Moran had previously pleaded not guilty, but after a judge ruled that his descriptive confession should be heard by the jury, he changed his plea. The trial heard evidence…
2015-05-11 · Dublin
In the Phoenix Park murder trial, a 29‑year‑old homeless man, Ciaran Moran, was charged with killing 36‑year‑old Gerard Donnelly, who had €140,000 in a bank account. The jury heard a photograph of a severed toe that was sent from a phone attributed to Moran on the night after the alleged murder. Gardaí found a Sony Xperia phone and a €170 receipt…
2015-05-08 · Dublin
During the trial of 29‑year‑old Ciaran Moran for the murder of Gerard Donnelly in Phoenix Park, the jury was shown a blue Giant bicycle and a Sony Xperia smartphone that Moran allegedly purchased after the killing. Gardaí found Donnelly's body on fire in Phoenix Park on 29 November 2013, with evidence that he had been killed by blunt force trauma…
2015-05-07 · Dublin
During a murder trial in the Central Criminal Court, witness Eamon Flynn testified that the accused, 36‑year‑old Ciaran Moran, often spoke of 'battering and torturing' Gerard Donnelly, a homeless man who had a large amount of money. Flynn said he had seen Moran purchase a fold‑up army shovel and an orange jump suit in October 2013, and that Moran…
2015-05-07 · Dublin
During a murder trial in the Central Criminal Court, witness Eamon Flynn testified that the accused, 29‑year‑old Ciaran Moran, repeatedly claimed he would "batter and torture" a homeless man who had money. Flynn said the accused made these threats while drinking and that he had purchased a fold‑up army shovel, an orange jumpsuit, a balaclava and…
2015-05-06 · Dublin
In a 2015 murder trial, Charlene O'Connor testified that Ciaran Moran, a 29‑year‑old homeless man, told her he had killed Gerard Donnelly, a homeless informant accused of touching children, to "teach him a lesson." O'Connor described meeting Moran at Heuston Station on 28 November 2013, where he showed her a bag containing a blow torch, hammer,…
2015-05-06 · Dublin
In a 2015 trial at the Central Criminal Court, the State Pathologist, Professor Marie Cassidy, presented evidence that Gerard Donnelly, a homeless man found dead in a fire in Phoenix Park, died from blunt force trauma to the head. She described catastrophic injuries to his face and head, likely caused by multiple blows from a moderately heavy…
2015-05-05 · Dublin
In a 2015 murder trial, the prosecution presented evidence that the 29‑year‑old accused, Ciaran Moran, had almost €150,000 in funds just weeks before the body of Gerard Donnelly was found burning in Phoenix Park. Donnelly's body was discovered with a V‑shaped wound on a thumb, a freshly amputated left little toe, and extensive head fractures. The…
2015-05-05 · Dublin
A 29‑year‑old man, Ciaran Moran, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Gerard Donnelly in Phoenix Park, Dublin, in late November 2013. He was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court, where he was seen wearing a pink polo shirt and navy tracksuit bottoms. The judge, Patrick McCarthy, swore in a jury of nine men and three women and informed them…