Oliver Kierans found guilty of unlawful shotgun possession

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A jury found Oliver Kierans, 57, guilty of unlawfully possessing a 12-gauge double-barrel shotgun on 25 February 2015. The proceedings were reported on 26 February 2015.

He was accused of murdering his wife, Patricia Kierans, 54, on 5 September 2013 at their home in Drumbannon, Bailieborough in Cavan.

He had pleaded not guilty to murder. He also pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of the shotgun and to possessing it with intent to endanger life.

Early on 26 February 2015, Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly requested majority verdicts from the jury, comprising five women and seven men, on the murder charge and the charge of possessing the shotgun with intent to endanger life.

The jury was sent home on 26 February 2015, with deliberations due to resume on Friday morning.