Man accused of ‘butchering’ brother was actually trying to save him, court told

A man accused of carrying out a “biblical atrocity” by “butchering” his older brother in “an honour killing” at a Co Kerry funeral is “no Cainite” and was instead in the middle of the attack trying to save his sibling, his lawyer has told a murder trial jury.

At the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork, Brendan Grehan SC, defending Patrick Dooley, told the jury that the closing addresses were not a contest between State prosecutor Dean Kelly SC and barristers for the six accused men.

“Let’s be absolutely clear, this is not a contest between ‘Dazzler Kelly’ and the ‘old gun Grehan’,” he commented.

Patrick Dooley (36), who is the younger brother of the late Thomas ‘Tom’ Dooley and has an address at Arbutus Grove, Killarney has pleaded not guilty to murdering the 43-year-old at Rath Cemetery, Rathass, Tralee, Co Kerry on October 5th, 2022.

Patrick Dooley is one of six people accused of murdering the father-of-seven from Hazelwood Drive, Killarney.

In his closing address for the…

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