Thomas O'Connor charged with Greystones murder

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Thomas O'Connor is on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of murdering John O'Brien. The proceedings were reported on 15 November 2011.

The charge concerns the death of John O'Brien at Farrankelly Road, Greystones, on 4 June 2010. O'Connor has pleaded not guilty to murder.

Prosecution counsel Denis Vaughan Buckley told the court that Mr O'Brien died after being hit on the head a number of times with a rock. The court heard that O'Connor told gardaí twice that he did not mean to kill him.