DNA order granted in Donaghmede stabbing case

Gardaí investigating the fatal stabbing of Warren O’Connor in Dublin have been granted a court order allowing them to hold on to some DNA evidence.

The former soldier from Coolock died during a row after he had gone to help friends who had noise problems with their neighbours.

A charge has yet to be made over Mr O’Connor’s death, which occurred on the Hole in the Wall Road in Donaghmede, north Dublin, on January 16th, 2010.

State solicitor Michael Durkan had made an application under the 1990 Forensic Evidence Act for the State to retain DNA samples recovered during the investigation for another year.

Judge Patricia McNamara ruled at the Dublin District Court that gardaí could retain the samples for a further six months.