Jason O’Driscoll remanded after double-murder trial

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Jason O’Driscoll was remanded in custody after his double-murder trial at the Central Criminal Court on 8 December 2017. The jury could not reach a unanimous or majority verdict after considering the charges concerning Anthony Burnett and Joseph Redmond, who were killed in Co Louth on 7 March 2012. O’Driscoll had pleaded not guilty, and the judge said he could apply for bail.

The six-week trial involved circumstantial evidence about the two men travelling north to sell O’Driscoll a stolen Volkswagen Golf. The jury was discharged after 11 and a half hours of deliberations over four days.