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Trial of man accused of damaging valuable paintings continues in legal argument
Summary
The trial of Andrew Shannon (50) of Willians Way, Ongar, Dublin 15, accused of damaging three valuable paintings, continued in legal argument at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the absence of the jury. Shannon has pleaded not guilty to damaging two paintings, 'Morning Strand' and 'Evening Strand' by Felim Egan, at the Shelbourne hotel on January 8th, 2014, and to damaging one Claude Monet painting, Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat (1874), at the National Gallery of Ireland on Clare Street on June 29, 2012. The charges against Monet's Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat are also alleged or contested, with a plea of not guilty. Judge Martin Nolan instructed the jury of seven women and five men to return on Thursday when the trial is expected to resume in their presence. The procedural stage is trial, and the matter was not finalised. No findings, sentences, or proposed dispositions have been made at this stage.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Trial of man accused of damaging valuable paintings continues in legal argument. Charges or matters: damaging the two paintings – 'Morning Strand' and 'Evening Strand' – by Felim Egan, at the Shelbourne hotel on January 8th, 2014; damaging one Claude Monet painting entitled Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat (1874) at the National Gallery of Ireland on Clare Street on June 29, 2012. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- January 8th, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 29, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2014-12-02 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: damaging the two paintings – 'Morning Strand' and 'Evening Strand' – by Felim Egan, at the Shelbourne hotel on January 8th, 2014; damaging one Claude Monet painting entitled Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat (1874) at the National Gallery of Ireland on Clare Street on June 29, 2012 (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Accused
Charges: damaging the two paintings – 'Morning Strand' and 'Evening Strand' – by Felim Egan, at the Shelbourne hotel on January 8th, 2014; damaging one Claude Monet painting entitled Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat (1874) at the National Gallery of Ireland on Clare Street on June 29, 2012 (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Willians Way
- Dublin
- Clare Street
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