Wayne Cooney pleads not guilty to Jordan Davis murder

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Wayne Cooney is on trial for murder and weapons possession at the Central Criminal Court, with closing speeches beginning in a report published on 30 June 2022. He pleaded not guilty to murdering Jordan Davis and denied possessing a semi-automatic pistol and ammunition.

The prosecution alleged that Cooney approached Davis by bicycle and shot him in Darndale, north Dublin, on 22 May 2019. Defence counsel Giollaíosa Ó Lidheadha said the case relied on circumstantial evidence and warned jurors not to convict Cooney because of his association with someone who had threatened Davis.