Murder case jury still considering verdict

A jury in the trial of a 21-year-old Limerick man accused of the murder of another youth during a fight outside a pub in the Southill area of the city in June 1999 is still considering its verdict.

Christopher O'Callaghan, aged 21, of O'Malley Park, Southill, Limerick has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael Fitzpatrick, aged 19, of Yeats Avenue, Kincora Park, Southill outside the Olympic Arms pub on Roxboro Road on the night of June 25 1999.

Michael Fitzpatrick died from multiple stab wounds to his body.

The jury returned to the Central Criminal Court today after spending a night in a hotel.

Shortly after resuming its deliberations, the jury asked that the evidence of two eyewitnesses to the aftermath of the fight, Eamon McCormack and Martin Buckley, be read to them again.

They then again retired to the jury room.