Philip Dunbar pleads not guilty to murder in Central Criminal Court

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Philip Dunbar pleaded not guilty to the murder of Adam Muldoon. The charge concerns an alleged offence at Butler Park in Jobstown Park, Tallaght, on 22 or 23 June 2018. Muldoon died after being stabbed 183 times. The proceedings were reported on 12 October 2020.

A voluntary statement Dunbar made to gardaí and signed was read out in the Central Criminal Court on 12 October 2020. He said he knew he had done the stabbing but could not remember it, and that he heard voices telling him to “do it”. He said he was on drink and drugs at the time and could not have done it in a sober mind. He also said he would show gardaí where he had dumped the knife.

The court heard that Dunbar’s grandmother and guardian was with him when he made the statement and suggested that he get a solicitor, but he wanted to proceed. He repeatedly declined to see a solicitor. Gardaí advised him that a solicitor was available day and night and that the process could be stopped if he changed his mind. The trial continued.