Gary Watson acquitted of Donaghmede murder

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Gary Watson was acquitted of murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 18 February 2019. He had been charged with murdering Warren O’Connor at Hole in the Wall Road, Donaghmede, Dublin, on 16 January 2010. Watson was also found guilty of assault causing harm to Philip Woodcock and producing a knife on the same occasion.

The jury reached unanimous verdicts after four hours and 11 minutes. The murder charge concerned Mr O’Connor, a former soldier who died from a single stab wound to the neck. The report said Watson’s fingerprints were not found on knives recovered during the investigation or on the blade removed from Mr O’Connor’s body.