Court archive
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2021-12-03 · Kilkenny
In a court hearing on 3 December 2021, Damien Singleton, aged 31 and without a fixed abode, addressed the family of Peter Donnelly, who was murdered on 11 June 2019. Singleton apologized, saying he could not ask for forgiveness because he could never forgive himself, and expressed regret for subjecting the family to the trial. He acknowledged…
2021-11-25 · Kilkenny
A homeless man, Damien Singleton, 31, was found guilty of murder by a unanimous jury at the Central Criminal Court after stabbing his friend Peter Donnelly, 39, on Dublin's O'Connell Street on 11 June 2019. Singleton had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter. The prosecution argued that Singleton, who was under the influence of…
2021-11-24 · Kilkenny
In the murder trial of Damien Singleton, a 31‑year‑old homeless man, the judge instructed the jury to focus on the question of intent. Singleton pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter of Peter Donnelly, a 39‑year‑old homeless man from Kilkenny, who was stabbed twice on O'Connell Street on 11 June 2019. The defence argued that…
2021-11-23
In a murder case, Damien Singleton, 30, pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter for stabbing friend Peter Donnelly, 39, to death on O'Connell Street on 11 June 2019. The State reminded the jury that Singleton had sent Donnelly a threatening message before the stabbing, saying he would "slaughter" him. The prosecution argued that…
2021-11-16 · Dublin City, Dublin
In the Dublin trial of Damien Singleton, a 30‑year‑old man of no fixed abode originally from Cork, the prosecution presented a case that the killing of 39‑year‑old Peter Donnelly on O'Connell Street was "murder pure and simple." Singleton pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter. The prosecution described the two men as friends who…
2021-11-15 · Dublin
A jury of six women and six men was sworn in on 15 November 2021 to try Damien Singleton, 31, for the murder of 39‑year‑old Peter Donnelly on Dublin's O'Connell Street Upper West on 11 June 2019. Singleton, who has no fixed abode and is originally from Cork, pleaded not guilty to murder and guilty to manslaughter. He appeared in the Central…
2021-09-24 · Kilkenny
The murder trial of Damien Singleton, 30, accused of killing Peter Donnelly on Dublin's O'Connell Street in June 2019, collapsed after a juror claimed to have overheard Gardaí discussing witness statements in the courtroom. The trial, held in Court 9 of the Central Criminal Court before Ms Justice Tara Burns, began with Singleton pleading not…
2021-09-22 · Cork
In a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster testified that Peter Donnelly, a 39‑year‑old homeless man from Kilkenny, was killed on Dublin's O'Connell Street on the early hours of 11 June 2019. Dr Bolster described two fatal stab wounds inflicted by a single‑blade knife: a 4 cm‑deep wound to…
2021-09-21 · Dublin City, Dublin
In the trial of Damien Singleton, a 30‑year‑old man with no fixed abode, the prosecution presented a case that the killing of Peter Donnelly, a 39‑year‑old from Kilkenny who had been living rough in Dublin, was murder and nothing else. Singleton had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter. The prosecution argued that CCTV footage…
2021-09-20 · Dublin City, Dublin
A 30‑year‑old man, Damien Singleton, who has no fixed abode, appeared at the Central Criminal Court on 20 September 2021. He is charged with the murder of 39‑year‑old Peter Donnelly, a father‑of‑one from Kilkenny, who was killed on O'Connell Street in Dublin on 11 June 2019. Singleton denies the murder charge but pleaded guilty to manslaughter.…