Tadhg Butler denies murdering Michael O'Dwyer

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Tadhg Butler, 37, with an address at Seafield in Tramore, denies murdering Michael O'Dwyer. The murder allegation concerns January 2014 in Co Waterford.

Butler maintains he was trying to stop his nephew self-harming when he accidentally stabbed Michael O'Dwyer.

The proceedings were reported on 20 April 2018. The report said the jury was due to sit for a third day that day. Three verdicts were open to it: guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter or not guilty.