Daniel Murtagh on trial for murdering Nadine Lott

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Daniel Murtagh was on trial for the murder of Nadine Lott at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 28 July 2021.

The Journal reported that Murtagh had pleaded not guilty to murder and guilty to manslaughter; the Director of Public Prosecutions did not accept his manslaughter plea.

The report said jurors heard recordings of Murtagh’s third and fourth Garda interviews during the trial.

In the interviews, he said he had hit Lott with his hands and denied stabbing her; these were his statements to Gardaí, not findings of the court.

The report described the trial as ongoing and gave no verdict or later outcome for Murtagh.