Senior barrister with 'powerful incentive to evade justice' refused bail in murder trial

Gardaí have learned that the accused, Diarmuid Rossa Phelan (pictured), is a US citizen and has property in Colorado. File photo: Collins Courts
A leading barrister accused of murdering a father-of-four in a fatal shooting on farmland in Tallaght last month has a "powerful incentive to evade justice" and should not be granted bail, a High Court judge has ruled.
Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy on Monday delivered a decision on Diarmuid Rossa Phelan's application to be granted bail pending his trial. Ruling on the senior counsel and law lecturer's application, the judge said that having reflected on the evidence the court had concluded as a matter of probability that the applicant posed a serious flight risk if admitted on bail.