Diarmuid Phelan, a law professor at Trinity College Dublin, was found not guilty of murdering Keith Conlon, a trespasser who died after being shot on Phelan's farm.
Mr Phelan (56), a senior counsel and law professor at Trinity College Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Keith Conlon (36) at Hazelgrove farm, Kiltalown Lane, Tallaght, on February 24th 2022. A father of four, Mr Conlon was critically injured when he was shot by Mr Phelan at the farm. He was pronounced brain-dead at Tallaght Hospital two days later. The trial heard Mr Conlon was trespassing with two others – Kallum Coleman and Robin Duggan – on the farm that day.
They had two dogs, a lurcher and a terrier, and were apparently engaged in badger baiting. After hearing a dog barking for some time, Mr Phelan went to investigate and shot the lurcher with his licensed Winchester rifle. The prosecution contended that led to heated exchanges with the trespassers and Mr Conlon and Mr Coleman followed Mr Phelan up a field. The prosecution case was that Mr Phelan took his licensed Smith & Wesson revolver from his pocket, fired two shots into the air and a third penetrated the body of Mr Conlon. A jury of nine men and three women returned with their verdict just after 4pm on Friday after total deliberations of about seven hours. Relatives of Mr Conlon were in court for the verdict. One man blessed himself just before the verdict was delivered. All left court just as the verdict was delivered
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