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Jury must decide if accused teen produced knife at Cameron Blair murder scene

Date
2021-05-28

Stage
Trial

Primary locality
Cork City

County
Cork

Summary

A jury at the Central Criminal Court must decide whether a 16‑year‑old produced a knife capable of serious injury during a dispute at a house party on 16 January 2020, the night 20‑year‑old Cameron Blair was stabbed in the neck and later died at Cork University Hospital. The teenager, whose name is withheld because he is a minor, has pleaded not guilty to the charge of producing the knife. He had previously pleaded guilty to violent disorder with two other juveniles, an offence that caused a person present at Bandon Road to fear for safety. The prosecution will present evidence that the accused was present at the party, that a knife was used by another juvenile who stabbed Blair, and that the accused allegedly produced a second knife during the confrontation at the front door.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jury must decide if accused teen produced knife at Cameron Blair murder scene. Charges or matters: producing an article capable of inflicting serious injury in the course of a dispute, to wit a knife, in a manner likely to unlawfully intimidate another person; committing violent disorder with two other persons present together, using or threatening to use unlawful violence, and such conduct taken together would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at Bandon Road in Cork city to fear for his or another person's safety at the said place on January 16, 2020. Procedural stage: trial

When:

January 16, 2020 Incident
Thursday January 16 Other
January 16 Hearing Or Sentence
2021-05-28 Publication

Why: The 16-year-old accused, who cannot be named because he is a minor, went on trial today at the Central Criminal Court on a single charge of the production of the knife in relation to the incident in Cork city on January 16, 2020. CNI source report

Case subjects

Unnamed 16-year-old

Accused

Charges: producing an article capable of inflicting serious injury in the course of a dispute, to wit a knife, in a manner likely to unlawfully intimidate another person; committing violent disorder with two other persons present together, using or threatening to use unlawful violence, and such conduct taken together would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at Bandon Road in Cork city to fear for his or another person's safety at the said place on January 16, 2020 (Alleged Or Contested)

Plea: Not guilty