Frederick Thompson on trial for Dublin murder

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Frederick “Freddie” Thompson was on trial at the Special Criminal Court for the murder of David Douglas, who was shot on Bridgefoot Street in Dublin on 1 July 2016. Thompson has pleaded not guilty. The proceedings were reported on 2 May 2018.

In his opening speech on 2 May, prosecuting counsel Sean Gillane SC told the three-judge court it would be asked to infer that Thompson and others acted together. He said the prosecution did not allege that Thompson carried out the physical act of killing.

The trial continued before Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding with Judge Flannan Brennan and Judge Gerard Griffin.