Frederick “Freddie” Thompson began murder trial

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Frederick “Freddie” Thompson began his murder trial at the Special Criminal Court on 2 May 2018. He has pleaded not guilty to murdering David Douglas on Bridgefoot Street in Dublin on 1 July 2016.

Prosecutors told the three-judge court that Thompson was allegedly one of several people involved in the planned killing, while accepting that the case did not allege he fired the gun. The trial was expected to last up to two weeks.