Lloyd Saunders trial ends without verdict on assault charges

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Lloyd Saunders’s trial ended without a verdict on charges of assault causing harm, false imprisonment and making a threat to kill or cause serious harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 2 September 2020. The charges relate to an alleged incident at Rathvilly Park, Finglas, on 17 December 2016.

The jury could not reach a verdict supported by at least 10 members on the third day of the trial. Judge Martin Nolan remanded Saunders on continuing bail and adjourned the matter to 6 October.