Case-subject index
Court reports mentioning Stephen Keane
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2023-11-07
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Appealing his murder conviction last June, Mr Cody said that the trial judge Mr Justice Paul McDermott erred in ruling that alleged admissions made by Keane to members of An Garda Siochana in the course of pre-detention conversations were admissible. A voir dire [a hearing in the absence of the jury] was held in relation to the admissibility of the interviews, due to his intoxicated and agitated state, and also in relation to the notebook entries made by Gda Walsh, which recorded various admissions made by the appellant in the pre detention stage but were not signed by Keane until the next day.
2023-06-08
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Moving to appeal his murder conviction today in the Court of Appeal, Mr Cody said that the trial judge Mr Justice Paul McDermott erred in ruling that alleged admissions made by Keane to members of An Garda Siochana in the course of pre-detention conversations were admissible. A voir dire [a hearing in the absence of the jury] was held in relation to the admissibility of the interviews, due to his intoxicated and agitated state, and also in relation to the notebook entries made by Gda Walsh, which recorded various admissions made by the appellant in the pre detention stage but were not signed by Keane until the next day.
2021-06-14
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Today at the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Paul McDermott said that the only sentence that could be imposed was life imprisonment. Members of the deceased's family and of Keane's family were present in the court for this morning's sentence hearing.