NOT GUILTY PLEA BY MAN ACCUSED OF GLENAMADDY MURDER

Date Published: 21-Jul-2009

Glasgow native Pat Doherty, who had been living at Clooncon West, Glenamaddy for ten years has denied murdering Francis Fahy at The Square, Glenamaddy in the early hours of Monday, December 15 last year The 46 year old made the plea on the opening day of his trial today at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Galway Michael Delaney, SC prosecuting, refused to accept a plea by Pat Doherty to the manslaughter of 20 year old Francis Fahy of O'Keeffe Park GlenamaddyFrancis died as his father rushed him to hospital in his hackney cab suffering from a single stab wound to his back which was inflicted an hour earlier outside a pub in GlenamaddyThe murder trial is continuing