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Murder cases reaching Central Criminal Court doubled in 2014

Almost double the number of murder cases were brought to the Central Criminal Court in 2014 than in the previous year.

Murder cases reaching Central Criminal Court doubled in 2014

Thu, 28 Jul, 2016 - 01:00

Joyce Fegan

The Director of Public Prosecutions directed 51 murder cases for indictment to the Central Criminal Court in 2014, compared with 27 in 2013.

These figures are in the DPP’s 2015 annual report, published yesterday.

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