Josh Turner and Wayne Cluskey deny murder of Christopher Nevin

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Josh Turner and Wayne Cluskey deny murdering Christopher Nevin at Tailteann Road in Navan. The alleged murder was on 19 November 2015. The proceedings were reported on 3 February 2017.

Alex O’Driscoll told the jury that Josh Turner said to Wayne Cluskey: “It was either him or me – he shouldn’t have come out with that”. She said Wayne Cluskey replied: “You shouldn’t have done that”. She also said Wayne Cluskey told her Josh Turner had hit Christopher Nevin with a hatchet.

Caroline Vaughan, Wayne Cluskey’s mother, gave evidence that Josh Turner told her Christopher Nevin had come out of a house with a hatchet and was on top of Wayne Cluskey. Her account was that Josh Turner said that when he got the hatchet, he hit Christopher Nevin in the front of the head with it.

The prosecution’s case was that Christopher Nevin was murdered following a dispute with Josh Turner over breeding Chihuahuas. The report describes evidence during the murder trial and gives no verdict.