Graham Dwyer charged with murdering Elaine O’Hara

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Graham Dwyer was on trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with murdering childcare worker Elaine O’Hara, 36, on 22 August 2012.

He had pleaded not guilty. The proceedings were reported on 10 March 2015.

The jury heard messages discussing stabbing Ms O’Hara to death, exchanged between her phone and a phone the prosecution alleged belonged to Dwyer.

Dwyer, 42, was described as an architect from Kerrymount Close, Foxrock, Dublin. The prosecution alleged that he killed Ms O’Hara for his own sexual gratification.

Sean Guerin SC, for the prosecution, read the messages to the jury. They were sent between April and July 2011.

Ms O’Hara’s remains were found in forestry on Kilakee Mountain, Rathfarnham, on 13 September 2013.