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A woman who was regularly raped by her brother-in-law has said the abuse meant that she never got the chance to grow into the person she was meant to be and she is now constantly fighting to stay alive. Eunan Merritt (56) of Crossroads, Killygordon, Donegal, was convicted by a jury following an 11-d
(Pictured: Abuser Paul O'Brien. Photo: Collins) A woman who was sexually abused by her friend’s older brother has said that the jury’s verdict which led to his conviction was “like a black cloud being lifted”. Grace Kelly waived her anonymity to allow retired soldier Paul O’Brien (47) to be named in
A man who previously threatened to kill his on-off partner before strangling her to death during a psychotic episode after taking unprescribed drugs has been jailed for 14 years. Mr Justice Paul Burns today passed sentence on Richard Burke who was found not guilty of murdering Jasmine McMonagle but
(Pictured: Jasmine's mother Jacqueline McMonagle, who gave a victim impact statement today. Photo: Collins) The mother of Jasmine McMonagle, who was brutally beaten to death by her “on and off” partner in her own home, has told how she relives the killing and wonders if her daughter called out for h
Richard Burke, who beat his "on and off" partner Jasmine McMonagle to death as she crouched in a corner of her kitchen in a "senseless and horrific" attack, has been cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter after a jury heard undisputed evidence that his responsibility was diminished by me
The man accused of murdering Jasmine McMonagle told a psychiatrist that he bought the mother-of-two a car for Christmas but later set fire to it after would not agree to a reconciliation, a jury has heard. Richard Burke told Dr Anthony Kearns, a now retired forensic psychiatrist who formerly worked
Murder accused Richard Burke told gardaí he “went blank” when he started “punching the f**k out of” Jasmine McMonagle and strangling her with a rope, the Central Criminal Court has heard. The Central Criminal Court trial sitting in Monaghan also heard evidence that Mr Burke demonstrated to interview
Mother-of-two Jasmine McMonagle met a “brutal death” in her own home and was found in a “pool of blood” after she was strangled and had “blows reigned upon her” by her "on and off" partner, a murder trial jury has heard. Richard Burke (32), of Killygordon, County Donegal, was arraigned before the Ce
A jury has been sworn in to hear the trial of a 32-year-old man accused of murdering mother-of-two Jasmine McMonagle in County Donegal four years ago. At the Central Criminal Court sitting in Monaghan this morning, Richard Burke (32) pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ms McMonagle at Forest Park, K
(Pictured: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) Ex-Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall, a former co-accused of Gerard The Monk' Hutch who has turned State's witness, has denied that he is a "master manipulator" and had told "two big lies" in his direct evidence to the Special Criminal Court. Under cr
(File Picture: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) Ex-Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has taken to the stand against his former co-accused Gerard The Monk' Hutch, giving evidence that Mr Hutch said that he and another man had shot Kinahan cartel member David Byrne at the Regency Hotel. Dowdall a
A man accused of the murder of Donegal mother-of-two Jasmine McMonagle will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court next year. Richard Burke (28) of Forest Park, Killygordon, Co Donegal, is charged with the murder of Ms McMonagle at her Killygordon home on January 4, 2019. Ms McMonagle (28), an as
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A man from Killygordon in Donegal has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for a series of sexual offences. Eunan Merritt, aged 56, was found guilty by jury after an 11-day trial of...
A man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for sexual assault. Paul O'Brien, aged 47, of Forest Park, Killygordon, County Donegal, was found guilty of six counts of sexual assault on a child between January and...
Richard Burke has been sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court for the manslaughter of Jasmine McMonagle. The 32-year-old from Killygordon, County Donegal, was found guilty of manslaughter following Ms McMonagle's death on 4 January 2019 at...
At the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan, victim impact statements were heard in the case of Richard Burke, who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Jasmine McMonagle on 4 January 2019 at Forest Park, Killygordon, County Donegal. The 28-year-old was found dead in her home...
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, detailed evidence emerged concerning the February 2016 Regency Hotel shooting, which claimed the life of David Byrne during a boxing weigh-in attended by approximately 250 people, including children. Prosecution witnesses, including...
Richard Burke, aged 32, of Killygordon, County Donegal, has been found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility at the Central Criminal Court. He was acquitted of murder in connection with the death of Jasmine McMonagle at Forest Park, Killygordon on...
A man has been convicted of the murder of a woman in County Donegal in January 2019. The victim, a 28-year-old mother, was fatally beaten and strangled in her home in Killygordon following a distressed emergency call. Gardaí from Lifford attended the property within twenty...
The Central Criminal Court in Monaghan heard testimony on 22 March from two psychiatrists who both concluded that Richard Burke was suffering from a mental disorder that substantially diminished his responsibility at the time of the alleged killing. Mr Burke, aged 32, of...
Richard Burke, aged thirty-two and from Killygordon in County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of Jasmine McMonagle at Forest Park on January 4, 2019. The Central Criminal Court trial, sitting in Monaghan, heard...
A murder trial opened at the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan on 20 March regarding the death of Jasmine McMonagle at Forest Park, Killygordon, County Donegal on 4 January 2019. Richard Burke, aged 32, of Killygordon pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter....
A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan to hear the trial of a 32-year-old man charged with the murder of Jasmine McMonagle in County Donegal in January 2019. Richard Burke, with an address in Killygordon, pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to...
Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor and State's witness in the trial of Gerard Hutch at the Special Criminal Court, has denied characterisations that he is a master manipulator. Under cross-examination by defence counsel Brendan Grehan SC on 13 December 2022,...
Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor, has given evidence at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin against his former co-accused Gerard "The Monk" Hutch, who denies the murder of Kinahan cartel member David Byrne during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel on 5...
A surveillance garda told the Special Criminal Court that he observed a man he recognised as Gerard Hutch departing Jonathan Dowdall's home on the Navan Road on 12 February 2016 on a black Honda motorcycle, approximately one week after the Regency Hotel shooting. The officer,...
A surveillance garda told the Special Criminal Court that he observed Gerard Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall meeting with a man later apprehended with three AK-47 assault rifles used in the February 2016 Regency Hotel murder of David Byrne. The National...
A trial date has been set for a man accused of murdering a Donegal woman. Richard Burke, aged 28, of Forest Park in Killygordon, is charged with the murder of Jasmine McMonagle at her home in the same area on January 4, 2019. Ms McMonagle, also aged 28, was found dead at her...
The Central Criminal Court has scheduled a trial for June 10, 2020, in the case of Richard Burke, who faces a charge of murder in connection with the death of Jasmine McMonagle. Ms McMonagle, aged 28, was discovered deceased at her residence in Forest Park, Killygordon, County...