Jury retires to hotel in nurse trial

The jury in the trial of a nurse accused of poisoning two elderly patients has been sent to a hotel overnight after failing to reach a verdict on day-18 of the hearing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Ms Noreen Mulholland, aged 35, now living in Park Road, Portadown, County Armagh and previously of Runabeg Close, Kildare, has pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm to Mr John Gethings, aged 77, of Baltinglass, County Wicklow on March 1, 2003 and Mr Seamus Doherty, aged 80, Rathcoffey, Naas, County Kildare, between June 18-19, 2003.