Murder trial jury sent home as legal argument continues

The jury in the trial of two Lithuanian men charged with murdering a woman in Wexford last year has today been sent home so legal issues can be dealt with.

Mr Justice Barry White told today told the jury of seven men and five women that legal issues had been resolved but that parties were not in a position to resume the trial at that time.

Ruslanas Mineikas (aged 26) and Ricardas Dilys (aged 28) of Goodtide Harbour and formerly of Davitt Road South, both in Wexford Town, have pleaded not guilty to murdering mother-of-two Rebecca French on October 9, 2009 in a house in Ard Na Dara, Clonard.

Fire fighters found the 30-year-old’s body that afternoon as they quenched a blaze in her car about two kilometres away. She had died of blunt force trauma to the head.

The jury returns to the Central Criminal Court tomorrow morning.