Court archive
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2016-02-15 · Skerries, Dublin
Dragos Nica, 30, of Skerries, was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of 55‑year‑old Michael Gannon on 14 November 2013. The jury heard that Gannon was babysitting children when Nica stabbed him after a child reported a man looking in the living‑room window. Nica claimed he had been deliberately poisoned by Gannon's daughter,…
2016-02-03 · Skerries, Dublin
A 30‑year‑old man, Dragos Nica of Mourne Park, Skerries, was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of Michael Gannon, 55, at Gannon's home on 14 November 2013. Nica, originally from Bacau, Romania, had lived in Ireland for 19 years and claimed he believed Gannon's daughter Jade had poisoned him. He said he woke with a numb finger…
2016-02-03 · Skerries, Dublin
A jury was instructed to consider the ill health of Dragos Nica, 30, who was accused of murdering his neighbour's father, Michael Gannon, 55, in Skerries, Co Dublin on 14 November 2013. Nica, of Mourne Park, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The court heard that Gannon was babysitting his daughter Jade's children and a neighbour's child…
2016-02-02 · Skerries, Dublin
In a 2016 trial, a 30‑year‑old man from Skerries, Dragos Nica, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for stabbing a 55‑year‑old neighbour, Michael Gannon, to death on 14 November 2013. The jury heard that Nica had previously considered killing Gannon's young grandchildren and that he had a history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, with…
2016-02-01 · Skerries, Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court, Dragos Nica, 30, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for stabbing Michael Gannon, 55, to death on 14 November 2013. Nica admitted to the stabbing and that Gannon died from the wound. He claimed he was poisoned by Gannon's daughter, Jade, and that the poison forced him to act. Garda Sergeant David Kemp recounted…
2016-02-01 · Skerries, Dublin
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, Dragos Nica, aged 30, admitted stabbing his neighbour's father, Michael Gannon, who was 55. The incident occurred at Mourne Park, Skerries, Co Dublin, on 14 November 2013. Nica pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming he was suffering from acute schizophrenia at the time. A consultant psychiatrist…