Verdict of unlawful killing returned at inquest into death of Reece Cullen in 2017
Gardaí told Dublin Coroner’s Court that officers were satisfied only one person was responsible for the stabbing, however the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed that there be no prosecution on the current evidence.
Three people were arrested in connection with the case and Detective Inspector John Walshe told the court there were 110 lines of inquiry and 88 statements taken.Originally from Old Bawn in Tallaght, Reece had been staying with friends following the death of his mother the previous September. On the day of the killing a neighbour, John Sutcliffe, told the court he was working on a car in his front driveway when a man approached and told him: "My mate has been stabbed, will you ring an ambulance?""His head was going to the side and blood was thick on the floor," he told the court. "The man had no pulse and wasn't breathing. There was a lot of blood on his chest".The jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing by persons unknown.
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