Ireland Named in reporting
Damien Singleton
Born 1990, from the ages reported. 10 reports across 1 case, 21 Sep 2021 to 3 Dec 2021
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1990, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Murder
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 10 reports, 21 Sep 2021 to 3 Dec 2021
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, kilkennypeople.ie, rte.ie, thejournal.ie
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to life for murder on O'Connell Street, Dublin Murder · Co. Dublin
Damien Singleton, a man of no fixed abode who was 28 at the time, stabbed his friend Peter Donnelly, a man aged 39 originally from Kilkenny, three times with a knife and struck him with a bottle on O'Connell Street, Dublin, in the early hours of 11 June 2019. The first trial in September 2021 collapsed after a juror overheard gardaí discussing witness statements, and the second trial before Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy at the Central Criminal Court ended with a unanimous guilty verdict on 25 November 2021. Singleton, who had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, was sentenced to a mandatory life sentence on 3 December 2021.
Sentenced, 3 Dec 2021Convicted, accused · 10 reports
Timeline
every report naming Damien Singleton, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 3 Dec2021‘I can never forgive myself’ - murderer apologises to family of victimconvicted, Damien Singleton, 31, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
- 26 Nov2021Man found guilty of murdering Kilkenny man on O'Connell Streetconvicted, Damien Singleton, 31, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
- 25 Nov2021Man who stabbed friend to death found guilty of murderconvicted, Damien Singleton, 31, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
- 25 Nov2021Homeless man who stabbed friend to death on O’Connell Street found guilty of murderconvicted, Damien Singleton, 31, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
- 24 Nov2021Jury in murder trial of Kilkenny man 'must focus on the question of intent' - trial judgeaccused, Damien Singleton, 31, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
- 16 Nov2021Prosecution barrister tells jury Kilkenny man's death is case "of murder pure and simple"accused, Damien Singleton, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
- 24 Sep2021Trial collapses as juror 'overhears' garda discussionaccused, Damien Singleton, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
- 24 Sep2021Murder trial collapses after juror 'overheard gardaí discussing witness statements in courtroom'accused, Damien Singleton, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
- 24 Sep2021Murder trial collapses amid concern juror overheard garda discussionaccused, Damien Singleton, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
- 21 Sep2021Trial of man who admits stabbing friend is ‘murder and nothing else’, prosecution saysaccused, Damien Singleton, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Damien Singleton
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