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Husband found not guilty in Meg Walsh murder trial
Happy Hurler
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09-May-2008 14:03
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Friday May 09 2008
Waterford bus driver John O`Brien has been acquitted of his wife`s murder in October 2006.
The jury of seven men and five women returned their unanimous not guilty verdict after five hours and 10 minutes.
The 41-year-old, of Ballinakill Downs, took the unusual step of giving evidence himself as part of his defence
He insisted he had no hand, act or part in the 35-year-old`s murder.
Meg Walsh`s body was recovered from the River Suir two weeks after she went missing on October 1st, 2006.
She died as a result of blunt-force trauma to the head after she was struck at least twice with a heavy object.
She went missing after she and her husband had words because she had kissed Owen Walsh, who they had been drinking with overnight.
The State told the jury that there were certain gaps in the case as where and when she was murdered was not known.
They also said that when and how she was put into the river remained a mystery, something only the murderer would know.
The court heard that O`Brien, who told Gardai he was a wife-beater, assaulted Meg Walsh 11 days before her disappearance.
She went to the Gardai, but said she would not be pressing charges at that stage.
O`Brien told the court during the week that he was transferring ownership of the house into her name to prove it wouldn`t happen again.
The jury`s not guilty verdict was greeted by gasps throughout the court.
Meg Walsh`s daughter Sasha broke down in her seat and was comforted by Meg Walsh`s brother.
Posh Spice
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09-May-2008 14:16
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poshspice, I`ve delete d your comment. I have to tell you I got a lot of complaints about it. Please try to exercise some restraint in future.
AFR
kelticwave
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09-May-2008 14:18
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You asswipe the woman suffered a brutal death, show some decency.
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myboyblue
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09-May-2008 14:24
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Terrible way to die, yes.
Nice person? Not so sure.
Two classy people.
C'monbridge
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09-May-2008 15:24
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Nobody deserves that. The man has been aquitted so Im not goin to start splitting hairs here,its such a pity that no-one was caught for it. At the end of the day, someone died and the killer is still out there.
lovely hurler
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09-May-2008 15:25
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Pointless commenting on it, nobody knows the real story only the woman who died.
Also Posh is right, its the people on the periphial who will be the most hurt. Believe a father of someone heavily involved died during trial also.
Wait for the TV3 doc in 6 years time i`d say.
ormondeboy3
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09-May-2008 16:08
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Originally posted by Posh Spice:
of course her death was brutal and nobody deserves to be treated like that, but i just feel that these two deserved one another. I feel very sorry for her first husband and their daughter.
You`re some cvnt. The Blueshirts deserve you.
Malcolm Byrne
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09-May-2008 16:21
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Originally posted by Posh Spice:
of course her death was brutal and nobody deserves to be treated like that, but i just feel that these two deserved one another. I feel very sorry for her first husband and their daughter.
You`ve some set of standards ok, British Soldiers killed by Irish Republicans are innocent victims yet this mare was asking for it. You need to have along look at yourself mate, you overbred blueshirt oaf.
SHANNONSIDER**
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09-May-2008 16:24
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No body deserves to be treated like that, but you said she did deserve to be treated like that above. Which is it you fool?
Originally posted by Posh Spice:
of course her death was brutal and nobody deserves to be treated like that, but i just feel that these two deserved one another. I feel very sorry for her first husband and their daughter.
Dig Dagga Dave
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09-May-2008 16:38
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Originally posted by SHANNONSIDER**:
No body deserves to be treated like that, but you said she did deserve to be treated like that above. Which is it you fool?
No he didn`t - it might be a bit tasteless, but he certainly didn`t say that!
YK2
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09-May-2008 16:40
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What little I heard of the case struck me as very illustrative of the out of control, paranoid life that heavy drinking leads to.
Sign of the times.
-YK2-
handyscore
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09-May-2008 16:43
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Originally posted by Dig Dagga Dave:
No he didn`t - it might be a bit tasteless, but he certainly didn`t say that!
He implied it though.
JHume
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09-May-2008 17:10
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Originally posted by YK2:
What little I heard of the case struck me as very illustrative of the out of control, paranoid life that heavy drinking leads to.
Sign of the times.
-YK2-
Indeed, it was a case soaked in alcohol.
The other thing that struck me was how he had been convicted in the court of public opinion, led by the tabloid press.
I expect lots of outraged coverage over the weekend.
LimerickNomad
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09-May-2008 17:23
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If he didn`t kill her, who did?
What was that about the two sets of keys?
SHANNONSIDER**
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09-May-2008 17:46
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What did he mean by `they deserved each other`?
Originally posted by Dig Dagga Dave:
No he didn`t - it might be a bit tasteless, but he certainly didn`t say that!
Fallon
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09-May-2008 18:03
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Originally posted by Malcolm Byrne:
this mare was asking for it.
I don`t think "mare" is a proper way to refer to any woman, not least the innocent victim of a killing.
Ungrateful_Whelp
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09-May-2008 18:13
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Originally posted by JHume:
Indeed, it was a case soaked in alcohol.
The other thing that struck me was how he had been convicted in the court of public opinion, led by the tabloid press.
I expect lots of outraged coverage over the weekend.
You won`t get it. He has been cleared and that`s that. To suggest otherwise is to risk contempt of court.
TV3 ran footage of an extremely libellous part of her brother James` statement outside the courts earlier, and it was noticeable RTE didn`t follow suit. I doubt you`ll see said part in any of tomorrow`s papers either.
The Growler
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09-May-2008 18:14
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Originally posted by Happy Hurler:
Husband found not guilty in Meg Walsh murder trial
A travesty of justice in the four courts today.
I know quite a bit about one of the two party`s involved in this case and their family, im not going to say anything on a mesage board though. But as Limerick Nomad said, if he didnt do it, who did.
Posh Spice
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09-May-2008 18:32
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poshspice - I am swamped with complaints about your comment, yet you persist in repeating versions of it.
Please - stop fvcking well doing it! Or be barred.
Luimneach Celt
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09-May-2008 18:50
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I had to go to the Land Registry in the Four Courts on Wednesday morning and went into Court 2 afterwards and followed proceedings for most of the rest of the day in the John O`Brien case. First time ever in a court. Saw both prosecution and defence closing speeches.
From what I saw in the closing speeches, I wouldn`t have convicted him on the evidence that was there. I did think he`d get done mind you because the Joe O`Reilly and Brian Kearney case seemed to be a case of having to prove your innocence regardless of how flimsy the evidence.
A journalist I got talking to was saying it was the same prosecution team of Senior Counsel Denis Vaughan Buckley and Dominic McGinn as in the other two cases. Looks like a master stroke by the defence barrister Paddy McCarthy to get O`Brien into the box. By all accounts the prosecution were caught completely on the hop, didn`t do a great job cross examining him and he held up fairly well.
SHANNONSIDER**
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09-May-2008 18:51
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Originally posted by Posh Spice:
the two of them struck me as being self-centred.
How so?
chrish
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09-May-2008 19:29
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Originally posted by LimerickNomad:
If he didn`t kill her, who did?
What was that about the two sets of keys?
Nomad the bit about the 2 sets of keys is that her car came with 2 sets of keys. If she did drive off on her own as alleged then how did both sets of keys come to be in the house? Who returned the set she drove with when she died? Or was it as alleged she had a 3rd set cut?
Haven`t really been following this case but saw a news paper report of the instructions the judge gave to the jury before sending them out to deliberate, and if the report is accurate then I`m not surprised he was aquited, there was enough doubt raised in the judge`s instructions.
The Growler
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09-May-2008 19:36
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Originally posted by chrish:
Nomad the bit about the 2 sets of keys is that her car came with 2 sets of keys. If she did drive off on her own as alleged then how did both sets of keys come to be in the house? Who returned the set she drove with when she died? Or was it as alleged she had a 3rd set cut?
Haven`t really been following this case but saw a news paper report of the instructions the judge gave to the jury before sending them out to deliberate, and if the report is accurate then I`m not surprised he was aquited, there was enough doubt raised in the judge`s instructions.
Agree with you chrish, saw the judges statement aswell, certainly raised a few eyebrows from a lot of people ive been talking to. I know the judge has to be careful and all regards warning jurys these days with the amount of media intrusion, and the circumstantial evidence etc. But it seems to me he has frightened the jury into this verdict. That was a very strong worded statement of caution from him and I think has certainly swayed their verdict.
gola
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09-May-2008 22:59
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seems unbelievable that he got away with it given all the, albeit circumstantial, evidence.
He had motive, lied to the police, was seen on cctv walking where her body was found and told police he was somewhere else, car was spotted on cctv very close to where she was killed, had admitted to gardai that he beat her up.
There was the same type of evidence as convicted Joe O`Reilly.
LimerickNomad
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09-May-2008 23:05
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The prosecution "blew it" going for a murder conviction as the
jury had then to come back with a unanimous decision?
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