Caolan Smyth pleads not guilty to attempted murder

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Caolan Smyth pleaded not guilty to attempted murder before the Special Court on 9 October 2020, when his trial began. He also denied possessing a firearm with intent to endanger on that occasion.

The prosecution alleges Smyth shot James Gately at a filling station on Clonshaugh Road, Dublin, on 10 May 2017. The trial continued before three judges, with the prosecution case relying on CCTV and other circumstantial evidence.