Convicted murderer Catherine Nevin has asked Dublin District Court to delay hearing a charge of possessing a mobile phone in prison until after her appeal against her murder conviction.
Ms Nevin was in court this morning where her case was adjourned for a third time after her solicitor said she had still not received any statements from the prosecution on the mobile phone charge.
Anne Fitzgibbon also told the court that Ms Nevin's attempt to have her conviction for murder declared a miscarriage of justice could be heard in March at the Court of Criminal Appeal.
She said the mobile phone charge should not be heard until after that date.
The court heard that the State was not prepared to hand over all statements from the mobile charge file as some were ‘not relevant’.
However Ms Fitzgibbon said the defence was entitled to see all statements and it was ‘most unusual’ to suggest that statements contained in the file may not be relevant.
The case was adjourned for two weeks.
Catherine Nevin was found guilty after a 42-day trial in April 2000 of the murder of her husband Tom at their pub, Jack White's Inn, Brittas Bay, in March 1996.
