The jury in a murder trial of a Kerry man accused of murdering his uncle was discharged at the Central Criminal Court yesterday.
Mr Eugene Daly (26), of Dooneen, Kilcummin, Killarney, had pleaded not guilty to the charge that on or about January 18th, 1996, he unlawfully killed his uncle, Patrick Daly (69), with the intention to kill or cause him serious injury.
Discharging the jury, Mr Justice Butler said he was very grateful that one of the jury had drawn to the attention of the court the fact that someone had attempted to influence the jury member.
The case has been put into the next list of fixed dates, due for rescheduling on March 29th, and Mr Daly was freed on bail.