Ciaran Moran pleads not guilty to murder in Dublin

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Ciaran Moran has pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 7 May 2015. The charge concerns Gerard Donnelly, whose body was found on fire in Dublin’s Phoenix Park in 2013.

A witness told the trial that Mr Moran had often spoken about battering and torturing Mr Donnelly, whom he believed had money. The defence had begun cross-examining the witness before Ms Justice Margaret Heneghan and a jury.