Judge allows jurors in Laois murder trial to return majority verdict

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering Laois nanny Aoife Phelan has been told it can return a majority verdict.

Judge allows jurors in Laois murder trial to return majority verdict
Fri, 23 May, 2014 - 17:04

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering Laois nanny Aoife Phelan has been told it can return a majority verdict.

25-year-old Robert Corbet of Sheffield Cross, Portlaoise admits strangling Ms Phelan during a row in October 2012 but says he didn't mean to kill her.

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