Closing speeches conclude in Nadine Lott murder trial

Mr Justice Michael MacGrath will begin charging the jury of seven men and five women on Tuesday before they commence deliberations

John O'Kelly SC, prosecuting, gave his closing speech in the trial of Daniel Murtagh on Friday and insisted this was a case of murder and 'nothing short of murder'.

A man on trial accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Nadine Lott inflicted "the most appalling and dreadful blunt trauma injuries" to the beauty therapist's face, which separated the flesh from the underlying structures, a prosecution barrister has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court.

John O'Kelly SC, prosecuting, gave his closing speech in the trial of Daniel Murtagh on Friday and insisted this was a case of murder and "nothing short of murder".