Anthony ‘Noddy’ McCarthy serving life for murder

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Anthony ‘Noddy’ McCarthy was serving a life sentence for the murder of Kieran Keane at the Special Criminal Court. He had been serving life in prison since December 2003, after the murder in Limerick in January 2003. The proceedings were reported on 25 June 2014.

On 25 June 2014, McCarthy gave evidence in the trial of Wayne Dundon and Nathan Killeen, who had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Roy Collins. McCarthy claimed he had a mobile phone in court, but prison officers removed a television remote control from his pocket when he left the witness stand. The court was presided over by Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley, with Judge Margaret Heneghan and Judge Anne Ryan.