Graham McEvoy began trial accused of murder

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Graham McEvoy began a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court on 6 December 2017 after pleading not guilty to murder and guilty to manslaughter. The charge concerns the fatal stabbing of Paul Curran at Seagull House, also known as Rutland Avenue Flats, on Crumlin Road in Dublin on 16 July 2016.

The prosecution said McEvoy’s plea was not accepted and that the jury would decide whether he was guilty of murder or manslaughter. The trial was continuing before Justice Patrick McCarthy, with evidence including photographs of the stairwell and reported blood at the scene.