Charles Cleary pleads guilty to Leo Carolan murder

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Charles Cleary pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of Leo Carolan. The proceedings were reported on 20 December 2017.

Carolan, 25, was stabbed to death at a flat on the South Circular Road, Dublin 8, on 4 October 2016. Cleary, 24, was arraigned on the single charge.

Patrick Gageby, senior counsel for the prosecution, asked Justice Patrick McCarthy to remand Cleary in custody until 11 January for sentencing. Gageby said the victim’s family would make a statement to the court on that date.