Murder trial jury sent to hotel by judge
A jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of the murder of his ex-girlfriend and serious assault on her mother was sent to a hotel tonight after spending three-and-a-half hours deliberating in the jury room.
Declan Burke, aged 29, with a last address on the South Circular Road, Dublin 8, has accepted that he was responsible for the stabbings, but he denied charges of the murder of Ms Jennifer Wilkinson, aged 24, at her home in the Rise, Boden Park, Ballyboden, Dublin on December 13 2000 and assault causing serious harm of Mrs Mary Wilkinson, aged 57, on the same date.
