Court archive
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2025-10-28 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a court hearing on 28 October 2025, Keith O'Neill, aged 38, pleaded guilty to criminal damage after breaking into a car pound in Tallaght to recover his wife's vehicle, which had been seized for unpaid M50 tolls amounting to €5,000–€7,000. O'Neill and his wife had attempted to negotiate the return of the car and its contents on 2 and 3…
2022-07-27 · Dublin
In 2012, Keith O'Neill, aged 47, shot John Wilson, 35, dead in Wilson's Ballyfermot home, killing him in the front hallway with a shotgun. O'Neill was convicted of murder by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2015, with 116 prior convictions. He appealed to the Court of Appeal, arguing the conviction was unsafe because forensic evidence…
2022-02-25 · Dublin
In a Court of Appeal hearing on 25 February 2022, Keith O'Neill, aged 46, sought to have his murder conviction quashed. He had been found guilty of shooting John Wilson, aged 35, to death on 28 September 2012 at Wilson's home on Cloverhill Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, and sentenced to life imprisonment by Mr Justice Tony Hunt in May 2015.…
2021-12-09 · Dublin
Keith O'Neill, 46, was found guilty of murdering John Wilson, 35, in 2012 and sentenced to life in 2015. He appealed, claiming the conviction was unsafe, but during the Court of Appeal hearing he repeatedly interrupted the proceedings. Judge John Edwards warned him to cease gesticulating and shouting, insisting decorum was required. O'Neill could…
2015-05-20 · Dublin
A Dublin man, Keith O'Neill, aged 40, was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of murdering 35‑year‑old John Wilson on 28 September 2012. Wilson was shot twice in the hallway of his Ballyfermot home, once in the left arm and once in the chest, the latter causing fatal internal injuries. O'Neill pleaded not guilty. The…
2015-05-19 · Dublin
The jury has begun deliberating in the trial of Keith O'Neill, 39, of Lissadell Drive, Drimnagh, who is accused of murdering John Wilson, 35, at Wilson's home on Cloverhill Road, Ballyfermot, on 28 September 2012. O'Neill pleaded not guilty. The prosecution alleges his participation in the death. Judge Tony Hunt called for a unanimous verdict.…
2015-05-18 · Dublin
In a murder trial held in Dublin, the State's counsel, Mr Conor Devally SC, argued that it was "inescapable" that Keith O'Neill, aged 39, participated in the killing of John Wilson, aged 35, on 28 September 2012 at Wilson's home on Cloverhill Road, Ballyfermot. Devally described the shooting as a brutal event, citing CCTV footage, bullet residue…
2015-05-15 · Dublin
During a murder trial, the jury heard that Keith O'Neill, 39, claimed "you have the wrong man" when questioned by Gardaí about the 2012 shooting of John Wilson, 35, at Wilson's home on Cloverhill Road, Ballyfermot. O'Neill pleaded not guilty. Prosecutor Conor Devally confirmed O'Neill denied the killing in post‑shooting interviews. Detective…
2015-05-14 · Dublin
The Central Criminal Court heard that Keith O'Neill, 39, pleaded not guilty to the murder of John Wilson, 35, on 28 September 2012. CCTV footage showed O'Neill entering Liffey Valley shopping centre and leaving in a change of clothing that day. Garda Alan O'Mahony presented the footage to the court. Dr. Sheila Willis explained that forensic…
2015-05-13 · Dublin
During a murder trial, evidence was presented that a pair of jeans recovered from a skip on the day of John Wilson's shooting contained firearm residue. The accused, Keith O'Neill, 39, pleaded not guilty to the 2012 murder. Detective Ronan Doolan confirmed O'Neill placed two JD Sports bags into a skip on September 28, and Sergeant Paul Curtis…
2015-05-11 · Dublin
In a murder trial, a Garda testified that he saw the body of John Wilson, 35, covered by a blanket on the day he was shot dead at his home on Cloverhill Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. Keith O'Neill, 39, from Lissadell Drive, Drimnagh, Dublin, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Wilson on 28 September 2012. Detective Garda Dennis Sweetman presented…
2015-05-08 · Dublin
In a murder trial, the jury heard that DNA matching the accused, Keith O'Neill, was found on clothing that smelled of petrol, which he was seen disposing of on the same day a man was shot dead. O'Neill, 39, from Lissadell Drive, Drimnagh, pleaded not guilty to the murder of John Wilson on 28 September 2012 at Wilson's home on Cloverhill Road,…
2015-05-07 · Dublin
During a murder trial, Keith O'Neill, aged 39, pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Wilson on 28 September 2012. O'Neill testified that he was the passenger in Wilson's car with Wilson's seven‑year‑old daughter when another vehicle pulled up beside them. He said he jumped out and ran, hearing a couple of bangs, and later entered the house to…