Two had blood on clothing after assault, murder trial told

The trial of seven people charged with murder has heard that two of them had blood on their clothing shortly after a group was seen fleeing the bridge where Dale Creighton was found unconscious.

Mr Creighton, aged 20, died on January 2, 2014, in hospital.

Aisling Burke, aged 23, and David Burke, aged 28, of Beechpark, Collinstown, Co Westmeath; Graham Palmer, aged 26, of Park Avenue, Portarlington, Co Laois; Ross Callery, aged 23, of Gortlum Cottages, Brittas, Co Dublin; James Reid, aged 26, of Glen Aoibhinn, Gorey, Co Wexford; Jason Beresford, aged 23, of Coill Diarmuida, Ard a’ Laoi, Castledermot, Co Kildare; and Gerard Stevens, aged 27, of Grosvenor Square, Rathmines, Dublin, have all pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court.