Tadhg Butler goes on trial for Waterford murder

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Tadhg Butler went on trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court on 29 April 2015.

He denies murdering Michael O’Dwyer at a Tramore address on 10 January 2014.

The prosecution alleges Mr O’Dwyer was fatally stabbed in the chest after drinking at the house. Butler, also known as Thomas O’Grady, has pleaded not guilty. The trial continued before Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy and a jury, and was expected to last two weeks.