Tadhg Butler denies murder charge at Central Criminal Court

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Tadhg Butler pleaded not guilty to murdering Michael O'Dwyer in Co Waterford on 10 January 2014. The proceedings were reported on 10 April 2018.

A garda and a paramedic gave evidence at the Central Criminal Court on 10 April 2018. The trial was continuing before Mr Justice Paul Butler and a jury.

The trial heard that emergency services found a blood-soaked man outside Butler’s house. Detective Garda Eoin Conway said the entrance and living room floor were covered in blood and that there were cans and empty bottles in the house.

Paramedic Michael Fanning said he took the injured man by ambulance to hospital in Waterford, where he died within hours.