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Court reports mentioning the name Dale Creighton

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2019-05-14 · Tallaght, Dublin

Dale Creighton killer has sentence cut on appeal

The Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence of David Burke, who was found to have the greatest culpability in the fatal assault on Dale Creighton in Tallaght in 2014. Burke, along with four others, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after murder charges were dropped during trial. The original sentencing judge, Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy, imposed a…

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2017-01-23 · Tallaght, Dublin

Young mum begins jail sentence for violent disorder during fatal attack on Dale Creighton

A mother‑of‑one, Aisling Burke, originally charged with murdering Dale Creighton, began a one‑year jail term for violent disorder during the fatal attack on a Tallaght footbridge. The 14‑minute assault on the 20‑year‑old Creighton started after Burke's mobile phone was stolen as she walked home from a night club. Burke had been sentenced to five…

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2016-10-27 · Tallaght, Dublin

Dale Creighton died of blunt force trauma, trial hears

The Central Criminal Court trial of seven Dubliners charged with the murder of Dale Creighton has heard expert evidence regarding his cause of death. Creighton, 20, was assaulted on New Year's Morning 2014 at the footbridge over the Tallaght bypass and died the following day. Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis testified that Creighton…

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2016-10-17 · Tallaght, Dublin

Man who attacked Dale Creighton was charged with assault, murder trial hears

The trial of seven Dubliners charged with the murder of Dale Creighton and violent disorder is ongoing at the Central Criminal Court. Creighton, a 20-year-old Tallaght native, died in hospital on January 2, 2014, after being assaulted on New Year's Morning 2014 at the footbridge over the Tallaght bypass. The accused are Aisling Burke, David…

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2016-10-14 · Tallaght, Dublin

Deceased had stab wound, Tallaght murder trial hears

The trial of seven accused individuals for the murder of Dale Creighton and violent disorder is ongoing before the Central Criminal Court. The defendants, Aisling Burke, David Burke, Graham Palmer, Ross Callery, James Reid, Jason Beresford, and Gerard Stevens, all pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. While all initially pleaded not guilty to…

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2016-10-13 · Tallaght, Dublin

Blood on Dale Creighton murder accused, garda tells trial

The trial of seven Dubliners charged with the murder of 20‑year‑old Dale Creighton began on 13 October 2016. The defendants – Aisling Burke (23), David Burke (28), Graham Palmer (26), Ross Callery (23), James Reid (26), Jason Beresford (23) and Gerard Stevens (27) – all pleaded not guilty to murder and violent disorder, though Beresford later…

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2016-10-12 · Tallaght, Dublin

Tallaght murder accused pleads guilty to violent disorder

The trial of seven Dubliners accused of murdering 20-year-old Dale Creighton is ongoing before the Central Criminal Court. Creighton died on January 2, 2014, following an incident at the footbridge over the Tallaght bypass on New Year's Day. While all seven defendants initially pleaded not guilty to murder and violent disorder, Jason Beresford…

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2015-10-19 · Tallaght, Dublin

Man sentenced to 2.5 years over Dale Creighton assault

In a Central Criminal Court hearing on 19 October 2015, James O'Brien, aged 22, was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment for the assault that caused the death of 20‑year‑old Dale Creighton. O'Brien pleaded guilty in June and the court found that he punched and kicked Creighton on a footbridge in Tallaght on New Year's Day, an attack…

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2015-10-12 · Tallaght, Dublin

Dublin man to be sentenced for assault of Dale Creighton

James O'Brien, 22, of The Mill, Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, pleaded guilty in June to assaulting 20‑year‑old Dale Creighton on New Year's Day on Saint Dominic's Road, Tallaght. Creighton, who had been at a house party on New Year's Eve 2014, was attacked by a group of people as he was returning to the party. O'Brien was present for less than a…

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2014-12-15 · Tallaght, Dublin

Trial date set for seven charged with murder of Dale Creighton

In October 2016, the Central Criminal Court will hear the trial of eight Tallaght residents charged in the murder of 20‑year‑old Dale Creighton, who died on 2 January after being injured on a footbridge on Saint Dominic's Road. Seven defendants—Aisling Burke (21), David Burke (26), Graham Palmer (24), Ross Callery (21), James Reid (24), Jason…

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