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CROI WEST of Ireland Cardiology Foundation is holding its next meeting for cardiac patients and their families in the Jameson Hotel, Salthill on Tuesday June 19 at 8pm. A community nutritionist with the Western Health Board will give a talk on 'Nutrition for a Healthier Heart'. Croi Cardiac Club meetings aim to act as a support network for cardiac patients and their families. For further information, contact Anne Staunton at Croi, 091 544331.

Address to jury continues in murder and rape trial

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IN the Central Criminal Court last evening, M r Justice Smith continued his address to the jury in the trial of a County Galway man charged with rape and murder. The 27-year-old accused man - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a 17-year-old schoolgirl in the early hours of December 6 1998. He also denies that he raped her with an object The trial judge began reviewing the evidence for the jury on Tuesday evening. He is continuing his charge today (Thurs) in the Central Criminal Court. Meanwhile on Tuesday, a alleges that it was the submitted other clothes found in the accused man's accused who raped and defence lawyer continued his attack on the Garda murdered the schoolgirl bedroom to see if they were after she disappeared from a similar to fibres from the investigation into the rape local village sometime after dead girl's clothes. He also and murder of a schoolgirl suggested that there were no 12:45am on the morning of as the trial reaches its final December 6 1998. The 27- tests carried out on clothes stages. year-old man denies all the worn by other members of Continuing his closing the accused's family, or speech to the jury on charges and told the court people who had either been that he was in the village all Tuesday, defence counsel Mr Barry White SC said the night until he went home to in his car, or in the car in which the schoolgirl Garda investigation was bed. "one-sided and selective" Continuing his closing travelled to the local village and forensic fibre evidence speech on behalf of the on the fatal night. The scientist could only that the prosecution say accused Mr Barry White SC The Galway County Council links the accused to the told the jury: "When you work with what was has undertaken to carry out a deceased was not objective. look at the forensic evidence provided to her, said Mr review of the junction He invited the jury to agree in this case, I suggest to you White. Using a phrase from between the Cloonabinnia - that the girl's death was "a that it is sadly lacking as computer terminology, he Rinneen road and the NS9 mystery" for which no regards objectivity." said the forensic results following concerns from explanation had been given to GIGO: State forensic scientist Dr amounted local residents. "Garbage In - Garbage Out". in the trial. Louise McKenna has told The junction, at Donnellan's The defence counsel also The 27-year-old County the trial that fibres found on Cross in Moycullen, Galway man denies the a white V-neck sweater suggested that a memo of currently has a traffic island murder of the 17-year-old taken from the accused's alleged verbal admissions which is causing problems schoolgirl at a beach in the bedroom offered "very by the accused to gardai did for motorists. At a recent county on December 6 strong support" for the not record the full questions meeting of Connemara area 1998. He also denies a proposition that he had he was asked or the full councillors, Cllr Seamus charge of rape with an contact with the dead answers he gave. Gavin asked county object Mr White said that a pool schoolgirl.She said that engineers to examine traffic In opening his address to "numerous" fibres on the of blood at the location movement and road width at the jury Mr Justice Patrick jumper matched fibres from where the body was found the junction. Smith directed it to return a the blue fleece jacket, wine- did not tie with the Gavin has requested that the not guilty verdict on a coloured jumper and black prosecution contention that island, which impedes second charge of rape socks of the dead schoolgirl. the girl's body was dumped motorists negotiating the brought by the DPP. "There on the foreshore sometime The prosecution has called junction, be removed or is no evidence whatsoever evidence to allege that the before 4:30am, before the reduced in size. of any penile penetration, so man wore the white jumper tide went out at around 8am. Gavin also welcomed the I am directing you to enter a on the night of the killing, The case was "perhaps a council's decision to not guilty verdict in respect but when seen later in the mystery", he suggested, improve and widen the of that count," the j u d g e local village, he was no reminding the jury of the junction between Rocks said. longer wearing it. It also evidence of deputy state Road and Cloonabinnia He said that there was, alleges that he deliberately pathologist, Dr Marie Road. Appropriate signage however, "evidence of gave the wrong sweatshirt to Cassidy, who said that the will also be put in place. The considerable mutilation" to gardai when asked to hand case was a complicated councillor praised local a part of the girl's body to in the top he was matter that was difficult to landowners for making land show that she had been wearing.The accused has explain. available to the local subject to a 'Section 4 rape', said he was asked to hand in Mr White said: "And that's authority to allow for the which covers rape with an "a top" he was wearing, and what it is, and it engages widening of the road. pure conjecture and pure if gardai wanted to know object. The prosecution that he had changed clothes speculation to suggest that T h e 5th Annual on the night "all they had to [the girl] was dumped on the shore in an unconscious do was ask". Mr White said that Dr state to wait until the tide McKenna's evidence was came in and drown - but Mass will be held on the "one of the lynchpins of the that's what the State 17th June at 2.30pm at State's case, but all that Dr contend." In his charge to the jury Mr McKenna can say is that those fibres matched the Justice Patrick Smith said schoolgirl's clothes". The they should be aware that "juries can get it wrong". He scientist could not say that The committee would like to invite anyone who has they were from the girl's said he raised that issue experienced the death of a child before birth, clothes, he said. Mr White because it was "not so long shortly after birth, or at a later stage to this accused gardai of "a ago since the case of the very special ceremony. We also extend an invitation selective seizure of clothes Tallaght Two". to the bereaved of the youth of Galway "They were convicted by from the bedroom" of the two juries and yet only a accused during a search of Admission is by ticket only his house on December 15th couple of months ago, the courts found there had been 1998. Enquiries to Margaret Duignan 091 S23206 or He said there was no a miscarriage of justice in evidence that gardai had their case," he said. Susan Massey 091 771134

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