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DPP will not pursue re-trial against partner of killer Derek Boyd - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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The Director of Public Prosecutions will not pursue a re-trial and has now dropped all charges against the partner of double killer Derek Boyd, who was accused of impeding his prosecution by making a false statement to gardaí. Boyd (31), who was serving the suspended part of his sentence for killing his sister when he fatally stabbed father-of-four Mark Carroll (34), was earlier this week jailed for life. His 34-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Harcourt was also on trial, accused of impeding her pa
Murder accused Derek Boyd tells jury he 'begged' deceased to leave his home - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Murder accused Derek Boyd has taken the stand at his trial, telling a jury how he picked up a knife and "begged" a man he'd been drinking with just moments earlier to leave his home, only for the deceased to repeatedly threaten to kill him. "He told me 'I'll stick the knife up your hole'", Boyd said of the deceased Mark Carroll. The accused man said that Carroll grabbed him and, during a struggle, tried to take the knife. Boyd said he managed to "break free" and swung the knife at least three ti
Murder accused told gardaí he believed life was at risk - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Murder accused Derek Boyd told gardai that he believed his life was at risk and that he acted in self-defence when he fatally stabbed another man who had let himself back into the defendant's north Dublin home and refused to leave. The accused man described to officers how he grabbed a kitchen knife and warned the deceased Mark Carroll "not to come any closer". However, he said Mr Carroll "lunged" at him and, during a struggle, tried to take the knife from the accused. "I believed if he succeede
Woman accused of mopping up scene of alleged fatal stabbing told gardaí she saw no blood in property - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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A woman accused of mopping up the scene of an alleged fatal stabbing at her partner's north Dublin home told gardaí she did not see any blood in the property and that nothing happened in the house that she knew of, a trial has heard. A forensic scientist also gave evidence that he had noted at least four blood-stained ring patterns on the kitchen floor in the accused man's house and it was likely the ring stains had been altered by wiping. It is the prosecution case that murder accused Derek Boy
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