Keith Connorton charged with murder in Dublin love triangle

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Keith Connorton was charged with murdering Graham McKeever at the Central Criminal Court. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The proceedings were reported on 10 December 2018.

Connorton is accused of stabbing McKeever to death at an apartment on Deerpark Avenue, Tallaght, on 18 February 2017. The prosecution alleges McKeever was fatally stabbed after coming to the aid of Connorton's former partner. Prosecution barrister Brendan Grehan said he understood that Connorton would be asserting self-defence.

A jury of nine men and three women was sworn in, and the trial continued before Mr Justice Tony Hunt.