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Sat 05 May 2008Long silence greets acquittal in Meg Walsh murder
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AFTER 19 days of evidence, a jury at the Central Criminal Court yesterday found John O'Brien (41), a bus driver from Ballinakill Downs, Co Waterford, not guilty of murdering his wife, Meg Walsh (35), in October 2006.
At 3.25 pm, more than three hours after the verdict, the acquitted man and half a dozen female relatives made their way with slow, silent deliberation towards the public Four Courts exit and into the eye of the waiting media.
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