Andrew Gibney on trial for murdering Gerard Burnett

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Andrew Gibney is on trial for murdering Gerard Burnett, and has pleaded not guilty. The proceedings were reported on 20 January 2014.

The report said the trial was in legal argument and would continue in evidence on Wednesday. It concerned the death of Mr Burnett at Castlecurragh Vale, Mulhuddart, on 21 August 2012.

Professor Marie Cassidy told the court that Mr Burnett had 30 stab wounds, six of them deep and fatal. She attributed the death to multiple stab wounds and blood loss involving the right lung, heart and liver.

Under defence questioning, Professor Cassidy agreed that two or possibly three knives may have been used, that the knives shown were not claimed to be the weapon, and that multiple injuries could indicate a struggle and more than one assailant. The report also recorded Mr Gibney saying he had been drunk, stabbed Mr Burnett three times, and had not intended murder.