Mark Nash jury sworn for Grangegorman murder trial

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A jury of seven men and five women has been sworn for Mark Nash’s murder trial at the Central Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 19 January 2015.

Mark Nash has pleaded not guilty. He is charged with murdering Sylvia Shields and Mary Callanan in Grangegorman between 6 and 7 March 1997.

The women lived in sheltered accommodation in a house attached to St Brendan’s Psychiatric Hospital. The trial was due to be heard before Judge Carroll Moran and was expected to last six to eight weeks.