Tadhg Butler murder trial jury to sit for third day

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A jury was due to sit for a third day in the trial of Tadhg Butler, who was accused of murdering Michael O'Dwyer in Co Waterford in January 2014. The proceedings were reported on 20 April 2018.

Butler denied murder. He maintained that he accidentally stabbed O'Dwyer while trying to stop his nephew self-harming.

The jury had three verdicts open to it: guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter or not guilty.