Vesel Jahiri awaits verdict in murder trial

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Vesel Jahiri was awaiting a verdict in his murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 11 April 2017. He denied murdering Anna Finnegan and assaulting Karl Finnegan at Allendale Glen, Clonsilla, Dublin 15, on 21 September 2012.

The jury had spent several hours considering its verdict, with deliberations due to resume. Mr Justice Paul Coffey outlined the possible murder and manslaughter verdicts, including acquittal if the jury accepted aspects of Jahiri’s account.