Jury expected to consider verdict in Canning murder trial on Friday

The jury at the trial of a man accused of murdering his friend in a campervan beside a lake in Westmeath are expected to retire yesterday to consider their verdict.

John-Paul Mooney (aged 29), with an address at Trim Rd, Summerhill, Co Meath, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Thomas Canning (aged 42), also from Summerhill, at Lough Lene, Collinstown, Co Westmeath on August 30 last year.