O'Donoghue trial fixed for October
Monday, 25 April 2005 19:33
The murder trial of 20-year-old Wayne O'Donoghue has been fixed to go ahead on 18 October next at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Cork for the first time.
The engineering student from Ballyedmond, Midleton in Co Cork is charged with the murder of 11-year-old Robert Holohan at Ballyedmond on 4 January last.
This morning, Mr Justice Paul Carney fixed the October date for the trial to commence.
Paddy McEntee, Senior Counsel for Mr O'Donoghue, told the court he had not yet seen papers in the case and suggested it might go back for further mention at another date.
However, Mr Justice Carney said he had read the Book of Evidence, which was a remarkably slim document, and the court proposed to set the case down for trial.
Mr O'Donoghue had been previously charged with Robert's manslaughter, but this was withdrawn last week and a new charge of murder was brought against him by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Robert's body was found on 12 January near Inch Strand in east Cork, about 19km from his Ballyedmond home.
- Six One News: Mary Wilson, Legal Affairs Editor, reports on the fixing of a date for the trial of Wayne O'Donoghue for the murder of 11-year-old Robert Holohan
- One News: Mary Wilson, Legal Affairs Editor, explains that the murder trial of 20-year-old Wayne O'Donoghue has been fixed to go ahead on 18 October next at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Cork for the first time
