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Jury in Marioara Rostas murder trial not due back until next week

Summary

The Central Criminal Court trial of Alan Wilson, 35, charged with the murder of 18‑year‑old Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas, is paused until the jury returns next week. The jury was expected to come back on Tuesday but is delayed by a legal issue. The case concerns the disappearance of Rostas on 6 January 2008 and the discovery of her body in a shallow grave on the Wicklow border four years later, with four bullet wounds to her head. Testimony included a phone call from Rostas to her brother in Romania, where she asked for her father to come get her. Prosecutor Fergus O'Hanlon testified that Wilson had shown him the corpse and assisted in burying it. The trial, presided over by Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy, will resume next week with a jury of ten men and two women. Alan Wilson pleaded not guilty.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jury in Marioara Rostas murder trial not due back until next week. Charges or matters: the 18-year-old's murder at a house on Brabazon Street, The Coombe in the city between January 7 and January 8, 2008. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• January 7 Hearing Or Sentence
• January 8, 2008 Hearing Or Sentence
• January 6th Hearing Or Sentence
• January 2008 Hearing Or Sentence
• 2014-07-03 Publication

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