Gary Watson on trial for north Dublin murder

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Gary Watson was on trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court on 31 January 2019, having pleaded not guilty to killing Warren O’Connor.

The alleged killing occurred on Hole in the Wall Road, Donaghmede, north Dublin, on 16 January 2010. Witness Suzanne Martin told the court she saw Mr O’Connor bleeding and later lying still after a confrontation involving two cars. Watson also denies assaulting Philip Woodcock causing him harm and producing a knife to intimidate another person. The trial was continuing before Mr Justice Michael White and a jury.