Cameron Blair trial witness jailed for going on holiday instead of giving evidence

Craig O'Donoghue contracted Covid-19 on his return from Ayia Napa and the judge said "he is the author of his own misfortune”. 

A teenager was due to go on trial on May 24, charged with violent disorder in connection with the murder of Cameron Blair (pictured), and  Craig O’Donoghue was witness 36 in the Book of Evidence. File photo

A 20-year-old plasterer has been jailed and fined for going on holiday to Ayia Napa, instead of giving evidence in the trial of a teenager who committed violent disorder at the Cameron Blair murder scene.

In sentencing Craig O'Donoghue to two months in prison for a "premeditated, flagrant and persistent" contempt of court, Mr Justice David Keane described him as the author of his own misfortune regarding the contempt, but also regarding his testing positive for Covid-19 on his return from Cyprus.