Criostoir MacCarthaigh on trial for murder in Dublin

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Criostoir MacCarthaigh was on trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court on 13 December 2013, before Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy.

He pleaded not guilty to murdering David Whyte between 24 and 26 September 2008. The trial heard that DNA matching MacCarthaigh was found on the victim’s jeans, while he said he did not know why it was there and could not remember being at Mill Lane. He also asked for his interview to be conducted through Irish, with a garda translator arranged. The proceedings were reported on 13 December 2013, and the trial was continuing.