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Mark Nash volunteered statement to gardai about stabbing two women, jury hears

Date
2015-02-18
Stage
Trial
Primary locality
Galway
County
Galway

Summary

In a 2015 hearing, a jury heard that Mark Nash, aged 42, gave a written statement to Gardaí on 17 August 1997, admitting he had stabbed two women in a house in Grangegorman, Dublin, five months earlier. Nash described leaving the GPO, drinking at a club, taking a wrong turn to Orchard View, breaking into the house, and using a bread knife to stab a woman in her bedroom and a second woman in another bedroom. He claimed he later regained control, left the house, and returned to his flat where he showered and slept. Nash also provided sketches of the house and a letter to his girlfriend. The statement was read by Detective Garda Gerard Dillon, and the case was presented to the Central Criminal Court, where Nash pleaded not guilty to the double murder of Sylvia Shields (59) and Mary Callanan (61).

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Mark Nash volunteered statement to gardai about stabbing two women, jury hears. Charges or matters: the double murder of Sylvia Shields (59) and Mary Callanan (61), who lived in sheltered accommodation in a house attached to St Brendan's Psychiatric Hospital in Grangegorman Dublin 7 between March 6 and March 7, 1997. Procedural stage: trial

When:

Case subjects

Mark Nash

Accused

Charges: the double murder of Sylvia Shields (59) and Mary Callanan (61), who lived in sheltered accommodation in a house attached to St Brendan's Psychiatric Hospital in Grangegorman Dublin 7 between March 6 and March 7, 1997 (Alleged Or Contested)

Plea: Not guilty

Places mentioned

Garda Station
  • attached to Mill Street Garda Station
  • Mill Street
  • cell in the Galway garda station
  • Galway
Secondary Mention
Address Area
  • Prussia Street
  • Clonliffe Road
  • O'Connell Street
Court Venue
  • Central Criminal Court
Facility
  • St Brendan's Psychiatric Hospital
Incident
  • Prussia Street

Topics

Stage Trial Violent Crime

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