Michael Kinsella pleads not guilty to murder

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Michael Kinsella was on trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court, with proceedings reported on 10 February 2014. The charge concerned Adil Essalhi’s death in Tyrrelstown, Dublin, on 6 January 2011.

Kinsella pleaded not guilty. Gemma Brady Deegan told the court she saw blood on him after he returned from a party with Wayne Kinsella. She also said Wayne Kinsella was covered in blood and later described the deceased as a suspected getaway driver in his brother’s killing. Under defence cross-examination, she agreed that this account did not involve Michael Kinsella.

Professor Marie Cassidy had previously told the court that Mr Essalhi’s body had 58 separate injuries, including 19 chop wounds to the skull and facial bones, with evidence of post-mortem burning. The trial continued.