Patrick Quirke faced murder trial as note evidence emerged

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Patrick Quirke pleaded not guilty to murder in a Tipperary trial reported on 13 March 2019. The charge concerned Bobby Ryan, who was allegedly murdered between 3 June 2011 and 30 April 2013 at an unknown location. A garda told the trial that forensic testing of an A4 sheet found at Mr Quirke’s home revealed indentations including words about what guards would know, disposing of clothes and a phone, and a body. The witness accepted that some writing was illegible or open to interpretation.