The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering a supermarket raider has been told it can now return a majority verdict.

A jury in the trial of a 22-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering a supermarket raider has been sent home for the night having been deliberating for three hours and nine minutes in the Central Criminal Court today.

The jury has retired in the trial of a 22-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering an armed robber as he tried to make his getaway.

The State Pathologist has said a Dublin man, stabbed as he attempted to make his get away following a supermarket raid, died from three deeply penetrating stab wounds to the chest which pierced both his lungs and caused him to bleed out.

A Dublin man on trial for the murder of a supermarket raider told gardaí he stabbed him twice with a knife to calm him down but he never meant to kill him the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A jury at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder heard he stabbed the raider of a supermarket seven times as he was attempting to make his getaway after a robbery two years ago.

GARDAÍ investigating the sudden death of a 15-year-old boy have not yet found any evidence he died from cocaine, it emerged yesterday.