Matusz Batiuk acquitted of murder at Central Criminal Court

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Matusz Batiuk was acquitted of murdering Michael McDonagh by a jury at the Central Criminal Court on 31 March 2023. McDonagh was stabbed at a house in Carrabeg Estate, Swinford, on 16 November 2020.

Batiuk had pleaded not guilty to murder. The proceedings were reported on 31 March 2023.

The jury returned a majority verdict to Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring after deliberating for nine hours and 54 minutes over three days. It accepted the defence case that Batiuk was entitled to defend himself in his own home.