Mr Justice Paul McDermott is delivering charge to jury in trial of Alan Vial (39) and Nikita Burns (23), who deny murder of Robert ‘Robin’ Wilkin in Donegal in 2023
Mr Justice Paul McDermott is delivering charge to jury in trial of Alan Vial and Nikita Burns , who deny murder of Robert ‘Robin’ Wilkin in Donegal in 2023
Mr Vial said he drove to Sliabh Liag where Ms Burns helped him to lift the body over a fence and drop it to the other side, where it “rolled from there off the edge of the cliff”. The judge added: “You have to proceed with caution when considering his evidence in respect of his implication of Ms Burns, because there is a danger that a co-accused, in his position, on the same charge of murder, may fabricate evidence or falsely implicate their co-accused.”
Mr Vial of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, Co Donegal and Ms Burns of Carrick, Co Donegal, have both pleaded not guilty to Mr Wilkin’s murder.
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