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Roma teen murder jury ask to re-hear evidence of victim's brothers
Summary
The Central Criminal Court jury is deliberating the case of Alan Wilson, a 35‑year‑old Dublin man charged with the murder of 18‑year‑old Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas. The trial, which has lasted five weeks, recounts that Rostas was last seen begging at a Dublin City junction on 6 January 2008, after which her younger brother saw her enter a car that was driven away. Her body was discovered four years later in a shallow grave in the Dublin mountains, with four bullet wounds to the head. Wilson and his friend Fergus O'Hanlon were arrested in October 2008, but progress stalled until late 2011 when O'Hanlon, a convicted criminal with immunity, offered to help locate the body. He claimed to have found Rostas dead in his house on 8 January 2008, with Wilson holding a gun, and that he assisted in burying her and cleaning the scene. Alan Wilson pleaded not guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Roma teen murder jury ask to re-hear evidence of victim's brothers. Charges or matters: the 18-year-old's murder at a house on Brabazon Street, The Coombe, Dublin between January 7 and January 8, 2008. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- January 7 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 8, 2008 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 6th 2008 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 2008 Incident
- January 8th 2008 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2014-07-31 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: the 18-year-old's murder at a house on Brabazon Street, The Coombe, Dublin between January 7 and January 8, 2008 (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
- New Street Gardens
- Brabazon Street
- Dublin
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