Court archive
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2025-01-23 · Dunmore East, Waterford
Dean Kerrie, aged 23, withdrew his appeal against a manslaughter conviction after being found guilty of killing Jack Power, 25, during an intruder incident at Kerrie's home in Dunmore East, Waterford, on 26 July 2018. Kerrie had been tried twice for murder; the first jury could not reach a verdict, and the second jury convicted him of…
2022-10-26 · Dunmore East, Waterford
Dean Kerrie, aged 21, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison for the manslaughter of Jack Power, who had intruded into Kerrie's home in Dunmore East on 26 July 2018. The judge, Mr Justice Paul McDermott, found that Kerrie was entitled to use force in defence of himself, his family and his home, but that the force used was "grossly"…
2022-07-13 · Dunmore East, Waterford
The trial of 17‑year‑old Dean Kerrie centred on the death of fisherman Jack Power, who was stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife during a night of violence at Kerrie's home in Dunmore East. Garda evidence showed broken windows, blood‑stained furniture and a knife heavily stained with Power's blood. Kerrie claimed he was defending himself…
2022-07-13 · Dunmore East, Waterford
Dean Kerrie, aged 21, was acquitted of murder but found guilty of manslaughter after a retrial at the Central Criminal Court. The case involved the death of 25‑year‑old Jack Power, who had smashed the front window of Kerrie's home and entered after 3 am. Kerrie claimed Power attacked him and his mother, and that he stabbed Power with a kitchen…
2022-07-12 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In a Central Criminal Court murder trial, the jury must decide whether 17‑year‑old Dean Kerrie used reasonable force when fisherman Jack Power entered his home. Judge Paul McDermott explained three possible verdicts: acquittal if Kerrie's force was objectively reasonable, manslaughter if he believed the force necessary but used excessive force,…
2022-07-11 · Portarlington, Laois
In the trial of 21‑year‑old Dean Kerrie, who was 17 when the incident occurred, the court heard closing speeches from both the prosecution and defence. Kerrie, of St Brigid's Square, Portarlington, denies murdering 25‑year‑old Jack Power, who was stabbed at Shanakiel, Dunmore East, on 26 July 2018. The defence argues that Kerrie acted in…
2022-07-08 · Dunmore East, Waterford
An eye witness, Dylan Jones, told a jury that a drunk fisherman, Dean Kerrie, entered the home of a teenager, now on trial for murder, and began choking him while saying, "I'm going to kill you." Jones also said the prosecution's claim that Jack Power was leaving the house when Kerrie stabbed him was false. Kerrie, aged 20, pleaded not guilty to…
2022-07-07 · Dunmore East, Waterford
The prosecution finished its case in the trial of Dean Kerrie, a 20‑year‑old accused of murdering 25‑year‑old fisherman Jack Power in July 2018. On the final day, forensic expert Dr Stephen Clifford presented DNA evidence from items found in Kerrie's home, including a knife in the kitchen that matched Power's DNA and a second knife with an…
2022-07-06 · Dunmore East, Waterford
During a Central Criminal Court murder trial, the jury heard that a knife heavily stained with the blood of 25‑year‑old fisherman Jack Power was found in the kitchen of accused Dean Kerrie, while a second knife recovered from the hallway contained no blood. Kerrie, aged 20, pleaded not guilty to murdering Power, who was 17 at the time, after a…
2022-07-04 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In a Waterford murder trial, the Central Criminal Court heard that Jack Power, 25, died from a 13‑centimetre stab wound to his chest, inflicted by Dean Kerrie, 21, when Power entered Kerrie's house in Shanakiel, Dunmore East, on 26 July 2018. Former Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis testified that the knife entered between the third and…
2022-06-30 · Dunmore East, Waterford
A 20‑year‑old named Dean Kerrie, who lives in Portarlington, pleaded not guilty to the murder of 25‑year‑old Jack Power, who was stabbed on 26 July 2018. In court, Kerrie told a garda that he had been asleep when Power entered his house, grabbed his mother and began punching and kicking. Kerrie claimed he grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed Power…
2022-06-29 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In the Central Criminal Court, 17‑year‑old Dean Kerrie is charged with murdering 25‑year‑old Jack Power on 26 July 2018. Witness Christopher Lee, Kerrie's best friend, testified that he and Power were schoolmates and that Power entered the Kerrie house early that morning. Lee said he saw Power and Kerrie in the house, that Power pushed Kerrie's…
2022-06-28 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In a Central Criminal Court case, a 20‑year‑old named Dean Kerrie, who lived in Portarlington, pleaded not guilty to the murder of 25‑year‑old Jack Power, a fisherman from Dunmore East, who was stabbed to death at Kerrie's house on 26 July 2018. The prosecution presented evidence that Power had left a pub intoxicated, damaged his car's wing…
2022-06-27 · Dunmore East, Waterford
A jury has been sworn in to hear the trial of 20‑year‑old Dean Kerrie, accused of murdering 25‑year‑old fisherman Jack Power in Waterford on 26 July 2018 when Kerrie was 17. Kerrie pleaded not guilty to the single charge of murder. The trial will be heard by a panel of seven women and five men at the Central Criminal Court, with the prosecution…
2022-03-03 · Dunmore East, Waterford
Dean Kerrie, a 20‑year‑old from St Brigid's Square, Portarlington, was accused of murdering 25‑year‑old fisherman Jack Power during an early‑morning altercation at Kerrie's mother's home. The original trial at the Central Criminal Court ended with a hung jury after two weeks, and Kerrie was released on continuing bail. At a hearing today, Mr…
2022-02-17 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, a 20‑year‑old defendant, Dean Kerrie, claimed he acted in self‑defence when a 25‑year‑old fisherman, Jack Power, entered his home. Kerrie said Power smashed the front window, kicked in the door and attacked his family. He alleged that Power fell onto a knife he had taken from his brother's bed,…
2022-02-16 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, a jury of eleven deliberated over the case of 20‑year‑old Dean Kerrie, accused of killing 25‑year‑old Jack Power in 2018. Kerrie claimed he was defending his home when Power, a drunk fisherman, entered as a trespasser. The jury asked the judge whether Kerrie's age—he was 17 at the time—merited…
2022-02-15 · Dunmore East, Waterford
A jury of seven men and four women returned to the Central Criminal Court on 15 February 2022 to consider the verdict in the murder trial of 20‑year‑old Dean Kerrie. Kerrie, who lives in St Brigid's Square, Portarlington, claimed he acted in self‑defence after a drunken fisherman, Jack Power, 25, entered his home at Shanakiel, Dunmore East, on 26…
2022-02-14 · Portarlington, Laois
In a Central Criminal Court murder trial, 20‑year‑old Dean Kerrie pleaded not guilty to the killing of 25‑year‑old Jack Power, who entered Kerrie's Portarlington home as a trespasser. Kerrie's defence counsel, Ciaran O'Loughlin SC, argued that Kerrie acted in self‑defence, claiming he was attacked and feared for his life. He said Kerrie…
2022-02-11 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In a murder trial, 20‑year‑old Dean Kerrie, who was 17 at the time of the incident, testified that Jack Power, 25, entered his home in Portarlington by kicking the front door. Kerrie claimed Power threatened his mother and that Power's attempt to remove a knife from Kerrie's hand led to an accidental stabbing. Kerrie described being choked,…
2022-02-09 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In a murder trial, the jury heard a 999 call from 17‑year‑old Dean Kerrie, who said he stabbed fisherman Jack Power "by accident" after Power entered his home. Kerrie claimed he feared for his life and that Power had come in the front door. The call, recorded at 3.44 am, included Kerrie's description of the incident, the knife used, and his…
2022-02-08 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In a murder trial heard on 8 February 2022, a 20‑year‑old teenage boy, Dean Kerrie, pleaded not guilty to the killing of 25‑year‑old fisherman Jack Power in Shanakiel, Dunmore East, Waterford, on 26 July 2018. Kerrie told Gardaí that he had been asleep when a man broke into his home in Portarlington, attacked his mother, and that he stabbed the…
2022-02-07 · Dunmore East, Waterford
During the Central Criminal Court hearing on 7 February 2022, a 20‑year‑old accused of murdering 25‑year‑old Jack Power was described as clutching a bottle of holy water moments after telling his cousin he was "after stabbing him." The accused, Dean Kerrie of St Brigid's Square, Portarlington, pleaded not guilty. Witness Shane Fitzgerald, a…
2022-02-04 · Dunmore East, Waterford
An eye witness, Christopher Lee, 29, broke down while giving evidence in the murder trial of Dean Kerrie, 20, charged with killing 25‑year‑old Jack Power on 26 July 2018. Lee described seeing Power and another man at the entrance of the Shanakiel estate early that morning. He recalled Power running toward Kerrie's house, where a long knife was…
2022-02-03 · Dunmore East, Waterford
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, a jury may have to consider self‑defence in the trial of Dean Kerrie, then 17, accused of murdering 25‑year‑old Jack Power in his home in Shanakiel, Dunmore East, on 26 July 2018. Kerrie pleaded not guilty. The prosecution, led by Michael Delaney SC, presented evidence that Power, intoxicated after a night out…
2022-02-02 · Dunmore East, Waterford
A 20‑year‑old man, Dean Kerrie of Portarlington, faces trial for the murder of 25‑year‑old Jack Power in Waterford. The alleged killing occurred on 26 July 2018 at Shanakiel, Dunmore East. Kerrie was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court, pleaded not guilty, and a jury of nine men and three women was sworn in. The trial, before Justice Eileen…