Co. Mayo • 23 court reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Achill from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A cocaine addict who said he was acting in self-defence when he shot dead a drug dealer with his own gun – before “trussing up” his body in a suitcase and preparing to dump it – has been jailed for eight years. Mr Justice Paul McDermott today handed down a nine-year prison term,
The sister of a man who was shot dead in a Dublin apartment has said she lived through a "nightmare" during a five-day search for her brother while his body lay wrapped in plastic in a suitcase inside his killer's wardrobe. At a sentencing hearing today, Nicole McCarthy said she
After a trial lasting 10 weeks, a drug user has been convicted of manslaughter for the killing of a drug dealer whose body he left in a wardrobe in his home for four days. The Central Criminal Court jury took more than 12 hours to reach their majority ten-to-two, verdict, acquitt
A jury has spent about 11 hours considering their verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering a drug dealer whose body he left in a wardrobe for four days. The Central Criminal Court jury is not available tomorrow but will return to their deliberations on Monday in the tri
A Central Criminal Court jury will deliberate for a third day in the trial of a murder accused who told gardaí he shot a drug dealer during a struggle over a firearm before concealing his body in a wardrobe. The jury of seven men and five women has now deliberated for just under
The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a drug dealer whose body he left in a wardrobe in his apartment for four days has asked to see the gun that caused the fatal injury, as well the deceased's clothing. The jury must decide whether Dean Caffrey is guilty of murder,
The Director of Public Prosecutions is "clutching at straws" and engaging in partisan, one-sided arguments in a desperate attempt to secure a conviction against a man accused of murdering a drug dealer, a barrister has told the Central Criminal Court. Lorcan Staines SC, for the a
A murder accused inquired about renting a storage unit while the body of a drug dealer who had been shot dead remained in his apartment, a trial has heard. Dean Caffrey (38) denies murdering 28-year-old Sean McCarthy, whose body was found in a wardrobe of the accused's home four
Gardai are seeing an upturn in blank pistols that have been modified to turn them into lethal weapons capable of firing live rounds, a murder trial has heard. Detective Garda Janette O'Neill said one such firearm caused the 2022 death of Sean McCarthy, whose body was left in a wa
The brother of a drug user who denies murdering a drug dealer whose body was left in a wardrobe for four days, became fearful when three men came to his parents' home and later phoned him looking for the accused and asking about "dead bodies", a court has heard. Alan Caffrey said
A man accused of murdering a drug dealer was "in good form" and chatted about sport and women with a colleague at work while the dead man's body lay in his apartment, a murder trial has heard. The accused man Dean Caffrey's ex-girlfriend also told the trial today that she was pla
The jury in the trial of a murder accused who told gardaí he shot a man during a struggle over a firearm before concealing his body in a wardrobe has heard that the deceased was a known drug dealer. At the Central Criminal Court today, Garda Brian Davis confirmed to defence couns
Bubble wrap was taped to the body and a plastic bag encased the head of a man who was found inside a partially zipped up suitcase in a wardrobe, the Central Criminal Court has heard. State Pathologist Dr SallyAnne Collis today told Dean Caffrey's murder trial that she examined th
A murder accused walked into a garda station and told officers that a man's body could be found in his wardrobe, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard. The accused told gardai that the deceased died during a struggle after he had accused the defendant of stealing heroin and thr
A 38-year-old man will go on trial on Thursday accused of murdering a man whose body was found in Drumcondra in Dublin two years ago. Dean Caffrey with an address at Beaucourt, Achill Road, Drumcondra in Dublin 9 was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court this afternoon. Mr
A man who “savagely” assaulted his partner after he had been out drinking and taking cocaine while celebrating his birthday has been jailed for 32 months. Paul Barry (37) later told gardai that his former long-term partner, Kim Fox, had sustained her injuries in a fall in the bat
By Declan Brennan and Jessica Magee A young man who was caught with over €20,000 in drugs and cash has avoided a jail term. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Daryl Conroy (22) was the driver of car stopped by gardai in Drumcondra, Dublin, on December 9, 2015. Gardai became
By Isabel Hayes and Fiona Ferguson A man who robbed a pizzeria with a chainsaw-wielding accomplice has avoided a custodial sentence. Craig Dempsey (25) formerly of Allenton Road, Tallaght, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbing Apache Pizza in Oldbawn Shopping
A young Dublin father has been jailed for two years for his role in an aggravated burglary during which a husband and wife were tied up in their home and threatened with an imitation firearm. The court heard that Declan Maxwell (20) and another man, who is now deceased, invaded t
The High Court has appointed a provisional liquidator to a West of Ireland beer maker. Mr Justice Paul Gilligan on Friday appointed chartered accountant Mr John Healy, of Kirby Healy Chartered Accountants, as provisional liquidator to Tairgi Acla Ltd, after being informed the com