Keith Connorton goes on trial for Graham McKeever murder

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Keith Connorton went on trial for the murder of Graham McKeever at the Central Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 10 December 2018.

Connorton pleaded not guilty to murder. The charge related to the alleged killing of McKeever at an apartment on Deerpark Avenue, Tallaght, on 18 February 2017.

The prosecution alleged that McKeever was fatally stabbed after coming to the aid of Connorton’s former partner, who it said was being threatened by Connorton. Prosecuting counsel Brendan Grehan SC said he understood that Connorton would be asserting self-defence.

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