Roy Webster on trial for murder of Anne Shortall

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Roy Webster was on trial for murdering Anne Shortall at the Central Criminal Court on 10 March 2017.

The prosecution alleges that Ms Shortall was beaten with a hammer at the Murrough in County Wicklow after telling Webster she was pregnant.

Webster has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, while the State has not accepted that plea; the trial continued.