Brian Veale pleads not guilty to Cork Prison murder

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Brian Veale pleaded not guilty to murdering Graham Johnson at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 21 October 2016. The alleged murder occurred at Cork Prison on Rathmore Road in Cork City on 16 May 2015.

The trial heard that Mr Johnson died from a single stab wound, with haemorrhages to his heart and aorta. The prosecution alleged the stabbing followed an argument between the two inmates over a television channel, and the trial continued before Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy and a jury.