8 linked court reports in the localnews.ie archive.
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Gardai detained a man on trial accused of murdering his wife under the Mental Health Act after finding him naked in a field, where he told officers that he was on a pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick and "that God had put him on this path". A garda also told the...
A jury has been shown the bloodied, bent knife that a man who denies the murder of his wife at their rural Co Mayo home said he had used in the killing. The Central Criminal Court has been told by the prosecution that while the accused James Kilroy admits to...
A guest who was renting an Airbnb room in the rural Co Mayo home of Valerie French Kilroy told gardai he was "shocked" to hear the mother of three was killed by her husband during his stay, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard. Park ranger James Kilroy...
Valerie French Kilroy's husband described to gardai how he "waited in the long grass" at night for his wife to return home from a meeting with friends before silently carrying out a "dark and frenzied" attack on his "soulmate". James Kilroy, who admits...
(Pictured: Chief State Pathologist Dr Linda Mulligan. Photo: Collins) Mother of three and occupational therapist Valerie French Kilroy died from ligature strangulation, blunt force trauma to the head and a stab wound to the neck, the Chief State Pathologist...
Gardai found the body of a mother-of-three lying in the foetal position on the floor of a campervan with her bloodied hand protruding outside the sliding door and a child's car seat over her face, a murder trial has heard. A garda also told the Central...
The Central Criminal Court trial of a man accused of murdering his wife in Mayo in 2019, which was due to begin in December, has been postponed until March of next year. James Kilroy (48) of Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, is accused of the murder of...
by Alison O'Riordan A man accused of murdering his wife in Mayo in 2019 will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in December. James Kilroy (48) of Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, is accused of the murder of mother-of-three Valerie French Kilroy (41)...