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Rock found on Sliabh Liag with hairs and bloodstains matching murdered pensioner

A rock weighing 3.5 kilograms that was found at the top of the Sliabh Liag cliffs contained hundreds of hairs and was heavily bloodstained with DNA matching that of a pensioner who had his skull broken in and was allegedly thrown into the sea, a ...

28 Jan 2025 at 17:33

Donegal Live

Sliabh Liag murder jury see CCTV montage of alleged killers' movements

The jury in the trial of a man and a woman accused of murdering a pensioner whose body was allegedly thrown off the Sliabh Liag cliffs have been watching a CCTV montage of what the prosecution say are their movements on the night of the killing ...

23 Jan 2025 at 15:33

Crime & Court

Sliabh Liag murder accused 'a bit manic' when she told friend she struck deceased man

A woman accused of murdering a pensioner whose skull was fractured and his body allegedly thrown over the Sliabh Liag cliffs told gardai she was "a bit manic" and was exaggerating when she told a friend she had hit the deceased over the head. ...

29 Jan 2025 at 16:33

Crime & Court

Donegal pair sentenced to life imprisonment for murder at Sliabh Liag

A Donegal man and a woman have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a man at Sliabh Liag. Alan Vial (39), from Drumanoo Head, Killybegs and Nikita Burns (23), of Carrick, had pleaded not guilty to Mr Wilkin's murder in ...

07 Mar 2025 at 18:33

Crime & Court

Closing speeches to come after ten-day hiatus in Sliabh Liag murder trial

A 66-year-old man would not have died immediately from two skull fractures that the State alleges were inflicted with a rock before he was put off Ireland's tallest cliffs, if they were the only injuries he suffered, a pathologist has ...

24 Feb 2025 at 17:33

Crime & Court

Possible alternative verdicts may be reached in Sliabh Liag murder trial

If either of two former lovers is not guilty of murdering 66-year-old Robert 'Robin' Wilkin, whose body was put over Sliabh Liag, they could be found guilty of impeding the prosecution of their co-accused by helping to destroy ...

04 Mar 2025 at 17:33

Crime & Court

Jury asks for explanation of joint enterprise in Sliabh Liag murder trial

A jury has asked for an explanation of the legal definition of joint enterprise as they consider the evidence in the trial of two former lovers accused of murdering a 66-year-old, whose body was put over Sliabh Liag. The jury ...

05 Mar 2025 at 17:33

Crime & Court

Sliabh Liag murder accused lied about deceased sexually assaulting co-accused

A man accused of murdering a 66-year-old and putting his body over the cliffs at Sliabh Liag has accepted he lied to gardai when he claimed the deceased had sexually assaulted the co-accused, then 21-year-old Nikita Burns. ...

11 Feb 2025 at 16:33

Crime & Court

Sliabh Liag murder accused tells trial his co-accused struck deceased with a rock

A man has taken the stand in his own defence to tell his murder trial that he was fighting with a pensioner - whose body was found in the waters beneath Sliabh Liag - when his former lover and co-accused hit the victim on ...

10 Feb 2025 at 18:33

Local News

Sliabh Liag murder accused lied about deceased sexually assaulting co-accused

11 Feb 2025 at 16:33

Local News

Sliabh Liag murder accused tells trial his co-accused struck deceased with a rock

10 Feb 2025 at 18:33

Crime & Court

Man put over Sliabh Liag cliffs had head injuries consistent with blunt weapon

A pensioner whose body was found near the bottom of the Sliabh Liag cliffs suffered two depressed fractures to the back of the head that were not in keeping with the pattern of injuries from the fall into the ...

27 Jan 2025 at 18:33

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