Court archive
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2017-05-22 · Dublin
The jury has begun deliberating in the Central Criminal Court trial of 35‑year‑old Eric Locke, who is charged with murdering his ex‑girlfriend, Sonia Blount, in a room at the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght on 16 February 2014. Locke, who lives in St John's Park East, Clondalkin, pleaded not guilty but admitted causing Blount's death. He strangled her…
2017-05-18 · Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court trial of Eric Locke, a psychiatrist testified that Locke, 35, was motivated by retribution and extreme anger when he strangled and suffocated his ex‑girlfriend, Sonia Blount, 31, at the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght on 16 February 2014. The psychiatrist, Dr Francis Kelly, stated that Locke did not suffer from a mental…
2017-05-17 · Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court, Dr Richard Bunn, a forensic psychiatrist, testified that Eric Locke, 35, had planned the murder of his ex‑girlfriend Sonia Blount, 31, in a Tallaght hotel room on 16 February 2014. Bunn agreed with the State that Locke had engaged in a great degree of planning, that the strangulation was intentional, and that Locke…
2017-05-15 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a 2017 trial, Dr Seán Ó Domhnaill testified that Eric Locke, a 35‑year‑old from Clondalkin, had a chronic pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified, including ADHD, autism and Asperger's syndrome. He described Locke's early autistic behaviours, his many short‑lived jobs, and his tendency to attribute human qualities to action…
2017-05-11 · Dublin
In a Dublin murder trial, 35‑year‑old Eric Locke is charged with killing 31‑year‑old Sonia Blount in a Plaza Hotel room on 16 February 2014. The court heard that Locke had tried to hack Blount's Facebook and email accounts a week before the murder, and that she had described him as a "whack job" to a friend. Locke pleaded not guilty but admitted…
2017-05-10 · Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court trial of 35‑year‑old Eric Locke, the jury heard that DNA matching Locke was found under the fingernails of his ex‑girlfriend, Sonia Blount, who was strangled and suffocated in a room at the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght on 16 February 2014. Locke, who pleaded not guilty, is charged with her murder. The prosecution…
2017-05-09 · Dublin
During a 2017 trial, evidence was presented that a violent struggle occurred in a Dublin hotel room where 35‑year‑old Eric Locke allegedly strangled and suffocated 31‑year‑old Sonia Blount. The jury saw CCTV footage of Locke leaving the hotel hours before Blount's body was found on the floor, with an imitation firearm, cable ties, duct tape, and…
2015-11-12 · Tallaght, Dublin
The jury was discharged from the trial of Eric Locke, 33, who is accused of murdering Sonia Bount in a Plaza Hotel room in Tallaght on 16 February 2014. Locke pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court. Justice Isobel Kennedy granted the defence's request to adjourn the trial, thanked the jury, and exempted them from duty for five years.…
2015-11-09 · Tallaght, Dublin
A jury was sworn in for the trial of 33‑year‑old Eric Locke of St Johns Park East, Clondalkin, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Sonia Blount in Room 346 of The Plaza Hotel, Tallaght, on 16 February 2014. The trial, expected to last five or six days, will be heard by Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy with a jury of four women and eight men.