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Court reports mentioning the name Kenneth O'Brien

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2019-11-22 · Kildare

Son guilty of impeding prosecution of chainsaw-murderer father

Paul Wells Junior (33) was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of impeding the prosecution of his father, Paul Wells Senior (51), by disposing of a blood-stained chainsaw. The court heard the weapon had a piece of "brown meat" embedded in its motor. Wells Junior had pleaded not guilty to disposing of the chainsaw motor between January 19…

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2019-11-06 · Kildare

Accused thought he would be shot by father who murdered and dismembered Kenneth O'Brien

The Central Criminal Court trial of Paul Wells Junior (33) continues, with the validated procedural stage identified as sentence. Wells Junior, of Beatty Park, Celbridge, Co Kildare, has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he impeded the apprehension or prosecution of his father, Paul Wells Senior (51), and disposed of a chainsaw motor and…

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2018-11-02

"Horror" shouldn't determine verdict, judge tells Kenneth O'Brien murder trial jury

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that Paul Wells Senior (50) of Barnamore Park, Finglas, has admitted shooting dead fellow Dubliner Kenneth O'Brien and dismembering his body. However, he has pleaded not guilty to murdering the 33-year-old at his home in Barnamore Park on 15th or 16th January, 2016. Mr Wells claims that Mr…

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2018-10-22

Murder accused who dismembered body had worked as butcher, trial hears

Paul Well Sr, a 50‑year‑old former butcher, was arrested for shooting and dismembering his friend Kenneth O'Brien, a 33‑year‑old truck driver. Well told Gardaí he had not seen O'Brien for several days before the victim went missing. He was charged with murder at O'Brien's home in Barnamore Park on 15 or 16 January 2016. Well pleaded not guilty,…

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2018-10-18 · Dublin

Juror ill in Kenneth O'Brien murder trial

The trial of 50‑year‑old Paul Wells Senior, charged with the murder of 33‑year‑old Kenneth O'Brien, was adjourned after a juror became ill. Wells, of Barnamore Park, Finglas, admitted shooting O'Brien and dismembering his body but pleaded not guilty to the murder. The case, heard before Mr Justice Paul McDermott, had begun last week with a jury…

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2018-10-15 · Dublin

Juror discharged in Kenneth O'Brien murder trial

In the trial of Paul Wells Senior, a 50‑year‑old from Barnamore Park, Finglas, who has admitted shooting and dismembering Kenneth O'Brien, a 33‑year‑old Dublin father‑of‑one, a juror was discharged. Wells pleaded not guilty to the murder of O'Brien, who was found dismembered in a canal. The trial, scheduled to enter its fourth day of evidence,…

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