Joseph Hillen awaits verdict in taxi-driver murder trial

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Joseph Hillen was awaiting a verdict in his murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 9 October 2018. He had pleaded not guilty to murdering taxi driver Martin Mulligan in Dundalk, Co Louth, on 28 September 2015.

The jury was considering whether Hillen was guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter, or not guilty. Hillen accepted stabbing Mulligan but said he acted in self-defence; the prosecution argued he intended to kill or cause serious injury.