‘Only an 18-minute period when he could have done it’

DEFENCE counsel in the murder trial of Joe O’Reilly warned the jury against being swayed by media attention to the case.

‘Only an 18-minute period when he could have done it’

He said he wasn’t going to try to convince them O’Reilly was innocent, but said all he had to do was to “satisfy” them that a reasonable doubt existed.

He compared a reasonable doubt to one which might prevent someone from buying a particular house or sending their child to a certain school.

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