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Jury in Roma teen murder trial to return on Thursday
Summary
The Central Criminal Court is set to resume the trial of Alan Wilson, 35, who is charged with the murder of 18‑year‑old Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas. Wilson pleaded not guilty at a house on Brabazon Street, The Coombe, between 7 and 8 January 2008. The jury, which had been excused from attending the previous week, is expected to return on Thursday. The case recounts that Rostas disappeared from Dublin city centre on 6 January, and her body was later found in a shallow grave on the Wicklow border, having died from four bullet wounds to the head. Testimony includes Rostas's brother, Alexandru, who described a phone call to her brother in Romania after her disappearance, and Fergus O'Hanlon, who claimed Wilson showed him the corpse and assisted in burying it. The trial will continue before Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy with a jury of ten men and two women.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Jury in Roma teen murder trial to return on Thursday. 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
- 2014-07-08 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: the 18-year-old's murder at a house on Brabazon Street, The Coombe in the city between January 7 and January 8, 2008 (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Places mentioned
- Thursday. The Central Criminal Court
- New Street Gardens
- Dublin city
- Dublin
- Brabazon Street
- Brabazon Street
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