Ireland
Nally found not guilty of manslaughter
Thursday, 14 December 2006 22:54
The Co Mayo farmer Padraig Nally has been found not guilty of the manslaughter of John 'Frog' Ward in October 2004.
A jury at the Central Criminal Court delivered its verdict this evening after three days of deliberations.
Mr Nally, 62, of Cross, Claremorris, Co Mayo, had pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of John Ward at Mr Nally's farmhouse in Cross on 14 October 2004.
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Mr Ward, with an address at Carrowbrowne Halting Site in Galway, died after being shot twice with a single barrel shotgun and beaten with a stick.
Yesterday Mr Justice Kevin O'Higgins told the jurors they could return a majority verdict, saying he would accept a majority verdict from not less than ten of them for an acquittal or a conviction.
Audio & Video
- Prime Time: Padraig Walsh, President, IFA, comments on how the verdict could effect his members in the future
- Prime Time: Ann Costello, Galway Traveller Movement, gives her reaction to the verdict
- Prime Time: Mary Wilson, former Legal Affairs Editor, RTÉ, gives the background to Padraig Nally's life
- Prime Time: Watch a portion of Mary Wilson's Prime Time report on the killing of John Ward from last November
- Nine News: Orla O'Donnell reports on a statement issued by the Ward family
- Nine News: Will Goodbody gives the background to the case
- Nine News: Orla O'Donnell, Legal Affairs Correspondent, reports that the verdict came after two and a half days of deliberations
- Six One News: Orla O'Donnell, Legal Affairs Correspondent, reports on the acquittal of Padraig Nally in relation to the manslaughter of John Ward
- Six One News: Watch the video
