Stephen Penrose pleads not guilty to murder at Central Criminal Court

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Stephen Penrose has pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court, as reported on 28 October 2021.

The charge concerns the alleged killing of Philip Finnegan at Rahin Woods, Rahin, Edenderry, on 10 August 2016. Penrose’s phone connected to a cell site covering Rahin that afternoon, while Finnegan’s phone last showed activity at cell sites in Edenderry at 3.44pm and 3.46pm.

The report describes phone evidence presented during the ongoing trial; it gives no verdict, sentence or later outcome.