Court archive
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2015-04-28 · Tallaght, Dublin
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a jury has acquitted Gail O'Rorke of attempting to assist the suicide of her friend. The jury returned not guilty verdicts after an eight-day trial and seven hours of deliberation. Ms O'Rorke, a taxi driver from Tallaght with connections to Monaghan, had faced charges of attempting to help Bernadette Forde travel…
2015-04-27 · Tallaght, Dublin
The jury in the trial of Gail O'Rorke, 43, a taxi driver from Tallaght, is set to continue deliberations tomorrow. O'Rorke faces a single charge of attempting to help Bernadette Forde, 51, a multiple sclerosis sufferer, travel to Dignitas in Zurich to end her life. The jury spent three and a half hours today considering the evidence that O'Rorke…
2015-04-27 · Tallaght, Dublin
The jury has begun deliberations in the trial of Gail O'Rorke, a 43‑year‑old taxi driver from Tallaght, who is accused of attempting to assist the suicide of her friend Bernadette Forde, 51. O'Rorke is alleged to have arranged travel to the Swiss euthanasia clinic Dignitas, a plan that was stopped when a travel agent alerted the Gardaí. Judge…
2015-04-24 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Judge Patrick McCartan directed a jury of twelve to acquit Gail O'Rorke, aged 43, on two of the three charges against her in the assisted‑suicide case involving Bernadette Forde, aged 51. The jury was ordered to find O'Rorke not guilty of ordering a lethal dose of barbiturates from Mexico, which Forde…
2015-04-23 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Gail O'Rorke, 43, pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting the suicide of Bernadette Forde, 51, who died in June 2011 after taking pentobarbital. O'Rorke admitted that she helped Forde obtain the drug from Mexico and that a courier delivered the pills to Forde's home, where Forde allegedly cried with…
2015-04-23 · Tallaght, Dublin
In 2015 a trial heard that Gail O'Rorke, 43, was accused of aiding Bernadette Forde, 51, in taking her own life in 2011. O'Rorke claimed that another friend, Mary Lundy, had contacted the euthanasia organisation Exit International on Forde's behalf and that Lundy had used Forde's credit card to buy a book on suicide methods and set up a private…
2015-04-22 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a 2015 trial, Gail O'Rorke, a 43‑year‑old taxi driver, pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting the suicide of her friend Bernadette Forde, 51, who died in June 2011 by taking pentobarbital ordered online from Mexico. O'Rorke denied knowingly paying for the lethal drug, saying she had no knowledge of its purpose and that she had only…
2015-04-22 · Tallaght, Dublin
During the trial of Gail O'Rorke, a 43‑year‑old taxi driver, the court heard that she was named as a major beneficiary in the will of her friend, Bernadette Forde, who died by suicide in June 2011. Forde, aged 51, left 30 % of the residue of her estate to O'Rorke, a non‑family member, after she had instructed solicitor Maurice O'Callaghan that…
2015-04-21 · Monaghan
The trial of Gail O'Rorke, accused of aiding and abetting the suicide of Bernadette Forde, is ongoing before Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. O'Rorke, a 43-year-old taxi driver, has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging she helped Forde procure and administer a toxic substance between April 20 and June 6, 2011. She also…
2015-04-21 · Tallaght, Dublin
The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Bernadette Forde, aged 51, died from a lethal dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital, which she had ordered online from Mexico. The drug is used in capital punishment in the United States and for euthanasia where legal. Gail O'Rorke, 43, a taxi driver from Kilclare Gardens, Tallaght, is accused of…
2015-04-20 · Dublin
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial, a 43‑year‑old taxi driver, Gail O'Rorke, is accused of aiding the suicide of her 51‑year‑old friend, Bernadette Forde, by helping procure and administer phenobarbital between April and June 2011. O'Rorke denies assisting the suicide, arranging travel to Zurich for Dignitas, or making funeral arrangements.…
2015-04-20 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a Dublin trial, 43‑year‑old taxi driver Gail O'Rorke pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting the suicide of 51‑year‑old Bernadette Forde. O'Rorke denies helping Forde procure a toxic substance, arranging travel to Zurich, or making funeral arrangements before Forde's death. The prosecution, led by Remy Farrell SC, presented evidence that…
2015-04-20 · Dublin
Gail O'Rorke, aged 43, pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to aiding and abetting the suicide of Bernadette Forde, 51, by helping procure and administer a toxic substance between 20 April and 6 June 2011. She also entered not guilty pleas to two further charges: that she tried to arrange travel to Zurich, Switzerland, between 10…
2015-04-16 · Tallaght, Dublin
Gail O'Rorke, aged 43, of Kilclare Gardens, Tallaght, has gone on trial in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for allegedly assisting Bernadette Ford, aged 51, in suicide by helping her obtain and administer a toxic substance between 20 April and 6 June 2011 at a Dublin location. O'Rorke pleaded not guilty to charges of aiding, abetting,…