Claire McGrath gives evidence in Tallaght murder trial

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Claire McGrath gave evidence in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court on 14 December 2018. The trial concerned the alleged fatal stabbing of Graham McKeever at a Tallaght apartment on 18 February 2017, involving accused Keith Connorton. Connorton pleaded not guilty to murder. The proceedings were reported on 14 December 2018.

McGrath told the jury that parts of her original statements to gardaí were inaccurate and that her evidence differed from those accounts. She said Connorton used the knife in what she described as a defensive movement, while denying that she had seen him stab McKeever about three times.

The trial was continuing before Justice Tony Hunt and a jury of nine men and three women, according to the report.