Murder trial of homeless man to resume before jury today

The trial of a homeless man accused of murdering a Dublin pensioner in his home will resume before a jury today, after the jurors were sent home again yesterday for a third day of legal argument.

Stephen Byrne (aged 36) has pleaded not guilty to killing 70-year-old William Traynor in his house on St Francis Terrace, Bow Street on June 17, 2007.