Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Seamus Morgan

This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.

2021-04-22

Judges hearing appeal acted for prosecution and defence in killer's past trial

Stage: Appeal

Finding: Acquitted

Outcome: Acquitted

2021-04-16

Man who beat 'Bomber' Keane to death seeks to overturn conviction

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Not guilty

Finding: Acquitted

Outcome: Acquitted; Seamus Morgan (53) was jailed for life in 2016 for murdering Keane, a 56-year-old who himself had served a prison term for possession of a bomb that was twice the size of the one used to kill 31 people, including unborn twins, in Omagh in August 1998. Morgan was sentenced to eight years in July 2005 after a jury found him not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of 29-year-old James Hand, who was stabbed to death outside a Dublin pub.

2016-01-19

Jury unanimously finds Kildare man guilty of murder

Stage: Trial

Plea: Not guilty

2016-01-19

Convicted killer jailed for life for murder of dissident republican Larry Keane

Stage: Sentence

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: Morgan was sentenced to eight years in July 2005 after a jury found him not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of 29-year-old James Hand, who was stabbed to death outside a Dublin pub. Mr Justice Eagar then sentenced Morgan to life imprisonment and backdated it to April 23, 2014.

2016-01-18

Jury to continue deliberating in Kildare murder trial

Stage: Trial

Plea: Not guilty

2016-01-15

Prosecution tells jury they can be "satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt" of murder

Stage: Trial

Plea: Not guilty

2016-01-14

Blood stains on murder accused's footwear matched DNA of deceased

Stage: Sentence

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: Det Sgt Boland agreed with Mr O'Connell that the accused "denied killing Laurence Keane." Det Sgt Boland also agreed with counsel that "Mr Morgan said things about his relationship with Mr Keane and he said when he left him in the lane-way, he was still alive." The witness also agreed with defence counsel, Mr Sean Gillane SC, that in the course of Mr Morgan's detention he told gardai "his differences with Mr Keane had been settled, he left Larry Keane at the top of the hill, Larry Keane had problems getting up the hill, there was no scuffle.

2016-01-13