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Rapist Murray doesn't accept guilty verdict on Helen McEntee bomb threat
Summary
At a sentence hearing in the appeal stage, Michael Murray, a convicted rapist and child abductor serving a combined 35-year sentence in the Midlands Prison, stated he does not accept the jury's verdict of guilt on a charge of knowingly making a false report giving rise to an apprehension for the safety of someone else while he was imprisoned in the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise on March 7, 2021. Murray had pleaded not guilty to the charge and was found guilty by a jury in a trial earlier this month. The charge relates to a bomb threat made against the home of Minister for Justice Helen McEntee. The case was adjourned for finalisation until March 19. Murray was excluded from his July 2021 sentence hearing and moved to another courtroom after he threw a bible, narrowly missing Judge Karen O'Connor. The matter was adjourned and never described as concluded or finalised.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Rapist Murray doesn't accept guilty verdict on Helen McEntee bomb threat. Charges or matters: one count of knowingly making a false report giving rise to an apprehension for the safety of someone else while he was imprisoned in the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise on March 7, 2021; all of these offences. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Found guilty; Convicted
When:
- March 7, 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 2010 Incident
- November 2014 Incident
- January 2015 Incident
- February 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 2021 Incident
- August 9, 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 19 Adjournment
- 2024-03-15 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: one count of knowingly making a false report giving rise to an apprehension for the safety of someone else while he was imprisoned in the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise on March 7, 2021; all of these offences (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Helen McEntee, has told a sentence hearing that he does not accept the jury's verdict.; Judge Ryan adjourned the case for finalisation until March 19.
Convicted Person
Charges: one count of knowingly making a false report giving rise to an apprehension for the safety of someone else while he was imprisoned in the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise on March 7, 2021; all of these offences (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Photo: Collins) Convicted rapist and child abductor Michael Murray, who is serving combined sentences of 35 years in the Midlands Prison and was found guilty by a jury of phoning in a bomb threat against the home of Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, has told a sentence hearing that he does not accept the jury's verdict. Murray was excluded from his July 2021 sentence hearing and moved to another courtroom after he threw a bible, narrowly missing Judge Karen O'Connor.; Judge Ryan adjourned the case for finalisation until March 19.
Places mentioned
- Midlands Prison
- Minister's house
- Court of Appeal
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