John Joseph Malone charged with murder as trial hears confession evidence

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John Joseph Malone is charged with murdering Ann ‘Nancy’ Smyth at her Kilkenny home on 11 September 1987. He has pleaded not guilty.

The proceedings were reported on 3 April 2017. Ann Malone, the accused man’s former sister-in-law, gave evidence that day at the Central Criminal Court. She said he had confessed to killing Smyth and said he had escaped detection.

The report also records that Malone’s brother had given evidence about an alleged similar confession. The trial continued before Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy and a jury.