Man found guilty of Frankie Dunne murder on Boreenmanna Road

Emotional scenes from family of victim as guilty verdict returned after 14-day trial

Ionut Cosmin Nichoclescu has been found guilty of the murder of Frankie Dunne. Picture: Cork Courts Limited

The 30-year-old Romanian man who denied the murder of 64-year-old Cork man in a garden on Boreenmanna Road at Christmas 2019 was found guilty of murder and now faces a life sentence.

The eight women and four men of the jury returned to Courtroom 6 after six hours and 52 minutes of deliberations over two days at the courthouse on Anglesea Street where the Central Criminal Court murder trial has been at hearing for 14 days.