Michael Kinsella pleads not guilty to Tyrrelstown murder

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Michael Kinsella pleaded not guilty to the murder of Adil Essalhi at the Central Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 6 February 2014.

The charge concerns the death of Adil Essalhi in Tyrrelstown, north Dublin, on 6 January 2011.

The prosecution alleges that Kinsella and another man killed Mr Essalhi and tried to dispose of his body the following day.

Kinsella, of Swiftbrook Close in Tallaght, is one of two men linked to the alleged murder.

The trial before Mr Justice Paul Carney was expected to last two weeks.