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Family thought they were going to die during armed raid on home

An eight-year-old girl told gardaí she thought her “daddy was going to die” when he was assaulted by an armed gang during an aggravated burglary in the family home, a court heard yesterday.

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Four plead guilty to aggravated burglary

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Seven face new charge over home break-in

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Six men remanded over Cashel house raid

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Gang ‘threatened to shoot small kids’

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Sentence date set in mobile phone murder case

Teen found guilty of Coolock murder

Seventeen-year-old Christopher Dunne has been found guilty of the murder of Alan Higgins for his mobile phone at the Central Criminal Court.

Fri, 15 Oct, 2004

Murder the 'only reasonable' verdict, jury told

The "only reasonable" verdict to be reached in the trial of a teenager accused of murdering Alan Higgins "is one of murder", a jury has heard at the Central Criminal Court.

Wed, 13 Oct, 2004

Murder victim's DNA found on accused, court hears

The DNA of murdered schoolboy Alan Higgins was found on the clothes of the teenage accused, a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Wed, 13 Oct, 2004

Higgins accused 'admitted stabbing to gardaí'

The teenager accused of murdering Alan Higgins allegedly admitted to stabbing the schoolboy, telling gardaí: "I just stabbed the bloke. Very sorry. I am very sorry. It wasn’t meant to happen that way," the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Tue, 12 Oct, 2004

Schoolboy had admitted stabbing, court hears

The teenager accused of murdering Alan Higgins allegedly admitted to stabbing the schoolboy the morning after the fatal attack, a witness told a jury at the Central Criminal Court.

Fri, 08 Oct, 2004