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Bondage cuffs, knives, mask and ball gag pulled from lake, Graham Dwyer trial hears

Date
2015-01-29

Stage
Trial

Court
Rathfarnham. The Central Criminal Court

Primary locality
Roundwood

County
Wicklow

Summary

The trial of 42‑year‑old architect Graham Dwyer, charged with the murder of 36‑year‑old childcare worker Elaine O'Hara, has heard evidence that items recovered from a Wicklow lake in October 2013 matched O'Hara's personal belongings. Glasses found in the lake were shown to have the same prescription and frames as those prescribed to O'Hara, and a set of keys recovered from the water matched keys to her car and home. The items, which included bondage cuffs, a leather mask, a ball gag, a blindfold, a knife, a rope, a chain, a Nokia mobile phone, a white vibrator, a black anal plug, a red battery‑operated device, a red kidney‑shaped object, a ski mask, a gold bracelet, a Tesco Mobile SIM card, a metal band, a pair of sunglasses, a pair of glasses, a pair of shorts and a Real Madrid dressing gown, were presented to the jury.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Bondage cuffs, knives, mask and ball gag pulled from lake, Graham Dwyer trial hears. 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 was a psychiatric patient; murdering the 36-year-old Dubliner on that date at Killakee, Rathfarnham. Procedural stage: trial

When:

October 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
August 22nd, 2012 Other
Friday, September 13th, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
September 10th, 2013 Other
September 2013 Other
August 2012 Other
September 14th Other
September 17th Other
September 5th Hearing Or Sentence
October 7th, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
February 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
2015-01-29 Publication

Case subjects

Graham Dwyer

Defendant

Charges: Ms O'Hara's murder in the mountains on August 22nd, 2012, hours after the childcare worker was discharged from hospital, where she was a psychiatric patient; murdering the 36-year-old Dubliner on that date at Killakee, Rathfarnham (Alleged Or Contested)