Alan Wilson on trial for Marioara Rostas murder

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Alan Wilson went on trial for murdering Marioara Rostas at the Central Criminal Court on 25 June 2014, and pleaded not guilty. The alleged killing occurred at Brabazon Street, The Coombe, between 7 and 8 January 2008.

The prosecution said Rostas, an 18-year-old Romanian teenager, died from four gunshot wounds before being buried in a shallow grave at Kippure on the Dublin-Wicklow border.

The trial heard allegations that Wilson transported her remains in his car, with evidence attributed to Fergus O’Hanlon. Proceedings continued before Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy and a jury.