Mark Tims pleads guilty to manslaughter, denies murder

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Mark Tims has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not guilty to murdering his father, Anthony “Tony” Tims.

The alleged killing took place at the home they shared in Rowlagh Green, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, on 13 July 2018.

Sandra O’Donnell, Anthony Tims’s sister, told the Central Criminal Court that there had been several verbal arguments between father and son in the months before his death. She described their relationship as “love/hate”.

The proceedings were reported on 15 January 2020. The trial was continuing before Mr Justice Tony Hunt and a jury of seven women and five men.