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Man jailed for life for murder of Jamie Kavanagh in Dublin hostel

Thu, 23 Jan, 2025

Robert Murphy (42) pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not guilty to the murder of Jamie Kavanagh at a Dublin hostel.

Man who told gardaí he wanted to kill victim 'stone dead' convicted after failing to convince jury of lack of intent

Man who told gardaí he wanted to kill victim 'stone dead' convicted after failing to convince jury of lack of intent

Thu, 14 Nov, 2024

The 12 jurors at the Central Criminal Court deliberated for close to five hours before returning the unanimous verdict.

Murder accused was dressed in balaclava, armed with butter knife to 'frighten' victim, defence say

Murder accused was dressed in balaclava, armed with butter knife to 'frighten' victim, defence say

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

Robert Murphy (42) has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Jamie Kavanagh (24) at a hostel on Harrington Street, Dublin 8 on April 19th, 2023

'I wanted to kill him stone dead, he deserved to die', murder accused told gardaí

'I wanted to kill him stone dead, he deserved to die', murder accused told gardaí

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

Robert Murphy (42) has pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to the manslaughter of Jamie Kavanagh (24) at a hostel in Dublin 8 in April 2023.

Murder accused told gardaí 'I did him with his own weapons', trial hears

Murder accused told gardaí 'I did him with his own weapons', trial hears

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Robert Murphy (42) has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Jamie Kavanagh (24)