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Drinan, Ballymahon, Co Longford
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Longford, Roscommon
Archive span
2016-04-06 to 2016-04-21

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Courts News Ireland2016-04-21

Athlone murder trial jury to resume deliberations

2016-04-21 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

The jury in the trial of two men accused of murdering a 23-year-old man at the Central Criminal Court will resume deliberations on Friday morning. Leszek Sychulec, aged 34, of Drinan, Ballymahon, County Longford, and Andrzej Gruchacz, aged 35, with an...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-20

Judge charges jury in Athlone murder trial

2016-04-20 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

The jury in the trial of two men charged with the murder of a 23-year-old in Athlone is expected to begin deliberating on Thursday. The Central Criminal Court heard that Patryk Krupa drowned following a violent assault on 20 June 2014. Leszek Sychulec, aged...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-19

Murder accused "pummelled" deceased and threw him in river, State tells jury

2016-04-19 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

At the Central Criminal Court, the jury in a murder trial heard closing arguments concerning the death of a 23-year-old man in June 2014. Prosecutors alleged that the two accused men violently assaulted the victim and left him to drown in the River Shannon...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-18

State closes case in Athlone murder trial

2016-04-18 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

The State has completed its case at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of two men accused of murdering a 23-year-old man in Athlone. Leszek Sychulec, aged 34, of Drinan, Ballymahon, County Longford, and Andrzej Gruchacz, aged 35, from Warsaw, Poland,...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-15

Deceased's DNA found on murder accused's belongings, trial hears

2016-04-15 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

The Central Criminal Court has heard DNA evidence linking a deceased man to items seized from one of two men on trial for his murder. Patryk Krupa, aged 23, drowned in the River Shannon on 20 June 2014 following an alleged violent assault in Athlone, County...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-15

Athlone murder trial hears driving license evidence

2016-04-15 · Roscommon, Roscommon · Central Criminal Court

Evidence has been heard at the Central Criminal Court in relation to a driving licence found in the name of a witness in a murder trial. Tomas Strugacz testified that his Polish driving licence went missing in Dublin in June 2013, which he reported to gardaí...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-14

Athlone murder trial continues in legal argument

2016-04-14 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

The Central Criminal Court trial of two men accused of murdering a 23-year-old at Bogganfin, Athlone has continued with legal argument in the absence of the jury. Leszek Sychulec, aged 34, of Drinan, Ballymahon, County Longford, and Andrzej Gruchacz, aged...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-13

Witness agrees he did not tell gardai what he told trial until "pulled for murder"

2016-04-13 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

A key prosecution witness in a Central Criminal Court murder trial conceded during cross-examination that he disclosed nothing to gardaí about the alleged killing until after his own arrest on suspicion of murder. Kuba Zmuda testified that he witnessed the...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-12

Witness tells trial he saw men beat Patryk Krupa and drag him in to river

2016-04-12 · Roscommon, Roscommon · Central Criminal Court

A witness has testified at the Central Criminal Court that he observed two men remove a 23-year-old from a vehicle, assault him for approximately 15 minutes, and subsequently drag him towards the River Shannon. Kuba Zmuda was providing evidence in the trial...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-11

Deceased drowned while incapacitated from violent assault, jury hears

2016-04-11 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

At the Central Criminal Court, a jury heard evidence that a 23-year-old man drowned in the Shannon River following a violent assault that left him incapacitated. State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy described severe blunt force trauma to the deceased's...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-07

Pregnant girlfriend found deceased's body in Shannon, murder trial hears

2016-04-07 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

A woman described finding her boyfriend's body in the Shannon River while pregnant, giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of two men charged with his murder. Malwina Kurowski testified that she had been unable to contact Patryk Krupa...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-07

Athlone murder trial jury view CCTV footage

2016-04-07 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

The Central Criminal Court heard evidence from CCTV footage during the trial of two men charged with murder in County Roscommon. Leszek Sychulec, aged 34, of Drinan in Ballymahon, County Longford, and Andrzej Gruchacz, aged 35, from Warsaw, Poland, are...

Courts News Ireland2016-04-06

Athlone man given "absolutely savage" beating and left to drown, murder trial jury told

2016-04-06 · Ballymahon, Longford · Central Criminal Court

Two men appeared before the Central Criminal Court in April 2016 charged with the murder of a 23-year-old man in County Roscommon nearly two years earlier. Leszek Sychulec, aged 34, of Drinan, Ballymahon, County Longford, and Andrzej Gruchacz, aged 35, with...