GLENAMADDY MURDER TRIAL OPENS AT GALWAY COURTHOUSE

Date Published: 21-Jul-2009

The trial of a 46 years old East Galway man who is charged with the murder of his young neighbour in the village of Glenamaddy last December began in the last hour before Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Galway.Pat Doherty, Clooncon West, Glenamaddy, denies the murder of 20 years old Frank Fahy of O’Keefe Park, Glenamaddy at The Square, Glenamaddy in the early hours of Monday, December 15 last year.A guilty plea entered by the accused to the manslaughter of Mr. Fahy was not accepted by Mr Michael Delaney, SC for the prosecution. A jury of seven men and five women was sworn in to hear evidence in the trial which Mr. Justice Paul Carney indicated would last two weeks.