Richie Cullinan testifies in Louth double murder trial

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Richie Cullinan later testified in the Central Criminal Court double murder trial on 16 November 2017, after initially refusing to take the oath. He told the judge: “It was all lies I told on him.”

Jason O’Driscoll has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anthony Burnett and Joseph Redmond in Co Louth on 7 March 2012. The proceedings were reported on 16 November 2017.

Cullinan said the two men had come to his home to collect a car and were going north to sell it. He initially said they had not told him to whom they were selling it, but later agreed under cross-examination that they had said they were travelling to sell it to O’Driscoll.

Cullinan also agreed that he had been arrested on suspicion of the murder and had spent seven days in custody being interviewed. After questioning ended, the judge confirmed he was free to go, including from custody.

The trial continued before Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy and a jury.