A 23-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering 18-year-old Cameron Reilly, in Dunleer, County Louth, four years ago
23-year-old Aaron Connolly has been found guilty of murdering 18-year-old Cameron Reilly.
Cameron Reilly, a hospitality student, was found dead in a field in Dunleer, County Louth four years ago.Published.Aaron Connolly, of Willistown, Drumcar, had previously pleaded not guilty to the murder. After more than ten and a half hours of deliberation, which began on Tuesday, the jury returned a unanimous verdict.They had been drinking in a field and left about midnight to get food from a takeaway.Image caption,The prosecution said Connolly was among the group and that he returned to the field with Mr Reilly.
At first, Connolly told Gardaí they had gone separate ways at the end of the night but later admitted there had been sexual activity between them but Mr Reilly was alive when he left him. The jury was told that Mr Reilly suffered a violent death, the cause of which was asphyxiation from pressure to his neck.The prosecution said Connolly had lied from the beginning of the investigation to the end.Connolly will be sentenced on Tuesday.
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