Mark Nash murder trial adjourned for jury deliberations

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Mark Nash’s murder trial was adjourned at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on 17 April 2015, with the jury continuing deliberations. Nash has pleaded not guilty to murdering Sylvia Shields and Mary Callanan between 6 and 7 March 1997. The women were living in sheltered accommodation attached to St Brendan’s Psychiatric Hospital in Grangegorman, Dublin. The jury returned to court after lunch, while the judge addressed evidence concerning possible contamination and forensic findings. The jury later told Mr Justice Carroll Moran it would resume deliberations at 11am on Monday, and the court was adjourned to that time.