Killer avoids trial over 2008 murder

Convicted murderer Nathan Killeen will not stand trial for the 2008 murder of James Cronin after the State entered a nolle prosequi — a decision not to proceed — on the charge yesterday.

Killeen, aged 24, with a last address at Hyde Rd, Prospect, Limerick, had been charged with murdering 20-year-old James Cronin on a date unknown between April 5 and 7, 2008, at a place unknown within the State.

Mr Cronin’s body was found in a shallow grave near Ballinacura Weston in April 2008. He had been shot in the head.