2014-07-07 · Tallaght, Dublin
Murderer fails in bid to have defence of duress referred to Supreme Court
In April 2011, David Patchell, aged 25, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Stephen O'Halloran, who was shot to death in a car on Kilmartin Drive, Tallaght, on 19 January 2009. Patchell, a former Shamrock Rovers under‑21 player, denied the murder but was found guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury. He was also cleared of…