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2022-06-14 · Dublin
A Central Criminal Court jury found food‑delivery cyclist George Gonzaga Bento not guilty of murdering 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne. The jury accepted Bento's claim that he acted in self‑defence after being attacked by a gang while trying to recover a stolen bike. He had pulled out a utility knife he carried for cutting fruit and stabbed three people,…
2022-06-13 · Dublin
The jury for the trial of Brazilian food‑delivery cyclist George Gonzaga Bento, charged with murdering 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne, will return to the Central Criminal Court to continue deliberations. Bento, 36, is accused of stabbing Dunne after a confrontation with a gang while attempting to recover a stolen bicycle. He is also charged with…
2022-06-09 · Dublin
In a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, Judge Paul Burns explained to the jury that a person may use force to protect themselves if it is reasonable and proportionate to the attack. He told the jury that George Gonzaga Bento, a 36‑year‑old Brazilian delivery cyclist, admitted stabbing 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne but claimed the killing was…
2022-06-08 · Dublin City, Dublin
George Gonzaga Bento, a 36-year-old Brazilian national from East Wall, Dublin 3, was acquitted by the Central Criminal Court of murdering 16-year-old Josh Dunne. The defendant, a delivery cyclist, had pleaded not guilty to four counts, including murder, producing a knife to intimidate, and assault causing harm to two other young men. The incident…
2022-05-31 · Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court, 36‑year‑old George Gonzaga Bento, a Brazilian food‑delivery cyclist, denies acting as a "hard‑man" during the January 26, 2021 incident at East Wall Road that led to the death of 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne. He claims he used a knife to defend himself and his friend from a man on a moped who had stolen a bike and from a…
2022-05-26 · Dublin
During a Central Criminal Court murder trial, a senior Garda officer testified that communities in Dublin's north inner city felt unsafe after a series of violent incidents from 2019 to 2021. The officer noted a dramatic rise in vehicle hijackings in 2020, including bicycles and e‑bikes, involving threats of violence. George Gonzaga Bento, a…
2022-05-25 · Dublin
During the murder trial of George Gonzaga Bento, his fiancée, Cohelo Macedo, testified that she booked flights to Brazil for herself and Bento after the January 26, 2021 incident in which Bento allegedly stabbed 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne. Macedo said she feared for their safety, believing teenagers could attack them, and that she had booked the…
2022-05-24 · Dublin
A food‑delivery cyclist, George Gonzaga Bento, aged 36, was charged with murdering 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne after a confrontation over a stolen bike on 26 January 2021. Bento told Gardaí he was not a murderer and that he had only tried to defend himself. He claimed he had taken a knife from his pocket to intimidate a man on a moped who had stolen a…
2022-05-23 · Dublin
The trial of George Gonzaga Bento, a 36‑year‑old Brazilian food‑delivery cyclist, continues in the Central Criminal Court. He is charged with murdering 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne, who was stabbed to death on 26 January 2021 in East Wall. Prosecutors also allege that Bento produced a utility knife in a confrontation with a man on a moped, and that he…
2022-05-20 · Dublin
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, a 36‑year‑old Brazilian food‑delivery rider, George Gonzaga Bento, is accused of murdering 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne on 26 January 2021 at East Wall Road. Testimony from fellow delivery cyclist Alex Lima, who knows Bento from Sao Paulo, states that Bento carried a utility knife used to cut fruit, not for…
2022-05-19 · Dublin
During the murder trial of George Gonzaga Bento, a 29‑year‑old witness with a history of drug possession and criminal damage denied that he carried out a "vicious attack" on a food‑delivery cyclist on the night Josh Dunne was killed. He said he had only stopped after being stabbed in the back by another person. The witness also denied that he had…
2022-05-18 · Dublin
During the Central Criminal Court hearing on 18 May 2022, witness Jose Pedroso, a Brazilian delivery cyclist, testified that George Gonzaga Bento, a 36‑year‑old Brazilian national, was "terrified, sad and scared" after the fatal stabbing of 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne on 26 January 2021. Pedroso described Bento as a "calm, peaceful person" and a "good…
2022-05-17 · Dublin
The murder trial of George Gonzaga Bento, 36, is ongoing at the Central Criminal Court. The accused, a Brazilian national and delivery cyclist, has pleaded not guilty to four counts: murdering Josh Dunne, 16, on East Wall Road on January 26, 2021; producing a utility knife in a manner likely to intimidate; and assaulting two other young men.…
2022-05-16 · Dublin
During the murder trial of George Gonzaga Bento, a 17‑year‑old witness recounted her attempt to find a pulse on the stabbed schoolboy Josh Dunne. She described seeing Josh on the ground, taking a deep breath, and her eyes rolling back before the ambulance arrived. She could not locate a pulse despite repeated attempts. The witness also recalled…
2022-05-13 · Dublin
The trial of George Gonzaga Bento, 36, accused of murdering 16-year-old Josh Dunne at East Wall Road, East Wall, on January 26, 2021, continued before Mr Justice Paul Burns. Mr Bento, a Brazilian national, has pleaded not guilty to all four counts, which include murder, producing a utility knife in a manner likely to intimidate, and assault…
2022-05-12 · Dublin
During the night of 26 January 2021, two Brazilian food‑delivery cyclists, including George Gonzaga Bento, were present at East Wall Road when a confrontation erupted involving a moped rider and a group of teenagers. Witness Tiago da Silva, a Deliveroo cyclist, testified that the two Brazilians were protecting themselves, standing against a wall…
2022-05-10 · Dublin
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, food‑delivery rider George Gonzaga Bento, 36, is on trial for the murder of 16‑year‑old Josh Dunne, who was stabbed on 26 January 2021 in East Wall, Dublin. Witness Guilherme Quieroz, a fellow delivery rider, testified that he was attacked by up to three men that night, sustaining broken teeth, a broken nose…
2022-05-09 · Dublin
During the murder trial of George Gonzaga Bento, a 36‑year‑old Brazilian delivery rider, witness Mr Guilherme Quieroz testified that it is common for Deliveroo riders to have their bikes stolen. Quieroz, who had moved to Ireland in early 2020 and worked for Uber Eats, described how he and Bento were on their bikes near a McDonald's on East Wall…
2022-05-05 · Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court, the State informed a jury that the accused, George Gonzaga Bento, a 36‑year‑old Brazilian delivery cyclist, may have to consider self‑defence. The prosecution case alleges Bento stabbed schoolboy Josh Dunne, 16, to death after a confrontation over a stolen bicycle on East Wall Road, January 26, 2021. The jury was…
2022-05-04 · Dublin
George Gonzaga Bento, a 36-year-old Brazilian national and Deliveroo rider residing in East Wall, Dublin 3, is set to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of murdering 16-year-old schoolboy Josh Dunne. The alleged incident occurred on East Wall Road, East Wall, on January 26, 2021. Mr. Bento faces four charges in total, including the…