Jurors in the Graham Dwyer murder trial “will be doing the unpopular thing” if they acquit him, defence counsel said yesterday.

The Graham Dwyer trial has been told of text messages about killing Elaine O’Hara and other women that the State claims the accused sent to the Dublin woman the year before she was murdered.

The Graham Dwyer trial has heard details of texts describing the sender’s urge to kill and rape which were sent to Elaine O’Hara from a phone allegedly bought by the accused.

The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial has been shown video clips of a man alleged to be Mr Dwyer appearing to stab women during sex.

The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial has heard about Garda requests for Elaine O’Hara’s mobile phone data up to the day he is alleged to have murdered her, and for his data for several months before and after that date.

A received text message reading: ‘Must get fit for murder’ was found on Elaine O’Hara’s laptop, the Graham Dwyer trial has heard.

The Graham Dwyer trial heard that on the night before he is alleged to have murdered her, a nurse suggested that Elaine O’Hara go to gardaí about a man who was constantly coming to her apartment.

The Graham Dwyer trial has heard that on the night before he’s alleged to have murdered her, a nurse suggested that Elaine O’Hara go to gardaí about a man who was constantly coming to her apartment.

The Graham Dwyer trial has heard from two men, who met Elaine O’Hara through a website that caters for alternative sexual tastes.

The Graham Dwyer trial has heard that gardaí showed his adult son CCTV stills from Elaine O’Hara’s apartment block to see whether he could identify anyone in the footage.

The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial has seen a photograph of Elaine O’Hara’s punctured and blood-stained mattress, which Gardaí found following the discovery of her remains in September 2013.

The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial has heard that a document about a "slave" lifestyle for women, and two large metal chains were found in Elaine O’Hara’s home shortly after her disappearance in August 2012.