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2023-03-31 · Limerick
In March 2023 the Court of Appeal dismissed Mark Crawford's appeal against his murder conviction for stabbing Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor to death in a Limerick bar. Crawford, 45, had been drinking and taking cocaine with O'Connor, 24, when he stabbed him six times, striking the heart and neck. He pleaded not guilty, claiming self‑defence, but the jury…
2022-03-24 · Limerick
Mark Crawford, aged 44, was convicted of murdering Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor, aged 24, after stabbing him six times in Fitzgerald's Bar, Limerick, on a night of cocaine use. Crawford claimed self‑defence, arguing he feared O'Connor would kill or stab him, but the jury did not accept this defence and he was found guilty of murder in October 2020. The…
2020-10-02 · Limerick
Mark Crawford (43) was sentenced to a mandatory life term for the murder of Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor (24) at Fitzgerald's Bar in Limerick City on July 7 or 8, 2018. Ms Justice Tara Burns described the killing as an act of "madness fuelled by drink and drugs," noting that Crawford stabbed the victim six times, with wounds to the heart and neck…
2020-09-09 · Limerick
In a Limerick murder trial, a jury of 11 men and one woman spent over two hours deliberating the case of Mark Crawford, 43, accused of stabbing his friend Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor, 24, to death in Fitzgerald's Bar. The jury was instructed by Ms Justice Tara Burns to consider Crawford's claim of self‑defence, the alleged threat he perceived, and…
2020-09-08 · Limerick
The appeal in the case of Mark Crawford (43), who is alleged to have murdered Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor (24) at Fitzgerald's Bar, Sexton Street, in Limerick city between July 7 and July 8, 2018, is ongoing. Crawford has pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder. The State has argued that there was nothing to justify the use of force against the…
2020-09-04 · Limerick
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, Mark Crawford, aged 43, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor, aged 24, who died after being stabbed in Fitzgerald's Bar, Limerick, on 7–8 July 2018. Crawford told Gardaí that the fatal incident followed a dispute over €100 owed for cocaine. He claimed a flick‑knife was handed to him by a…
2020-09-04 · Limerick
In a Central Criminal Court trial, Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster testified that Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor, a 24‑year‑old, died from six stab wounds, two of which were fatal to his heart's right ventricle and left jugular vein. The wounds were found on his thorax, neck, left upper arm, left forearm, and left upper arm again, with…
2020-09-03 · Limerick
In the Central Criminal Court, Mark Crawford (43) faces a murder charge for stabbing Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor (24) to death at Fitzgerald's Bar, Limerick, on 7 July 2018. His wife, Karen Crawford, testified that the night after the incident he called her from the pub, asking her to pick him up. She described him as staggered, blood‑dripping, crying,…
2020-09-02 · Limerick
During the Central Criminal Court trial of Mark Crawford, a barman named Cyril O'Connor testified that he witnessed Crawford striking Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor in the neck after a dispute over money and cocaine. O'Connor, who began his shift at 6 pm on 7 July, observed the men arguing quietly and heard €50 mentioned. He later saw Crawford hit…
2020-08-31 · Limerick
A jury of eleven men and one woman was sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of Mark Crawford, 43, of Quarry Road, Thomondgate, Co Limerick. Crawford, who pleaded not guilty, is charged with the murder of Patrick O'Connor at Fitzgerald's Bar, Sexton Street, Limerick City, between 7 and 8 July 2018. He is scheduled to appear before…