Alan Harte's murder charge dropped at Central Criminal Court

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Alan Harte's murder charge was dropped at the Central Criminal Court on 29 April 2021. The DPP entered a nolle prosequi after the judge excluded CCTV identification evidence and alleged comments to gardaí. Harte had been charged with murdering Anthony Rogers at Robinson's Court, Cork Street, Dublin, on 6 November 2016.

Mr Justice Alex Owens then discharged the jury, which was exempted from further service for ten years. The report said Harte's second murder trial had therefore collapsed.