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Jury in Graham Dwyer trial shown photograph of punctured and blood-stained mattress
Summary
In the Central Criminal Court trial of 42‑year‑old architect Graham Dwyer, the jury was shown a photograph of a punctured, blood‑stained mattress found in Elaine O'Hara's apartment at Belarmine Plaza, Stepaside. The mattress, removed by Detective Garda Brian Barry, displayed multiple puncture cuts and blood staining. The trial also presented evidence that O'Hara's remains were discovered in a forest in the Dublin Mountains on 13 September 2013, where forensic anthropologist Laureen Buckley testified that the skeleton was largely recovered and that the body had decomposed for about a year. Dwyer is charged with O'Hara's murder on 22 August 2012, after she was discharged from hospital as a psychiatric patient. The case continues before Mr Justice Tony Hunt and a jury of five women and seven men.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Jury in Graham Dwyer trial shown photograph of punctured and blood-stained mattress. Charges or matters: Ms O'Hara's murder in the mountains on August 22nd, 2012, hours after the childcare worker was discharged from hospital, where she had been a psychiatric patient; murdering the 36-year-old Dubliner on that date at Killakee, Rathfarnham. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- September 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- August 22nd, 2012 Other
- Friday, September 13th, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- September 16th 2013 Other
- September 19th, 2013 Other
- September 20th Other
- September 13th Other
- September 5th, 2013 Other
- 2015-01-28 Publication
Why: Dr Mary Clarke explained that she examined a mandible (jaw bone) at Dublin City Mortuary on September 16th 2013 and again at the university hospital the following day. CNI source report
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: Ms O'Hara's murder in the mountains on August 22nd, 2012, hours after the childcare worker was discharged from hospital, where she had been a psychiatric patient; murdering the 36-year-old Dubliner on that date at Killakee, Rathfarnham (Alleged Or Contested)
Places mentioned
- The Central Criminal Court
- Dublin Dental University Hospital
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