Farmer Diarmuid Phelan denies murder, claiming self-defense after shooting trespasser Keith Conlon.

Diarmuid Phelan, a law professor and farmer, denies murdering Keith Conlon, an unarmed trespasser, at his farm in Dublin in February 2022. Phelan claims he fired a warning shot in self-defense after being terrified by three men who had emerged from bushes, allegedly threatening him over a dog shooting. Prosecutors argue that the fatal shot was deliberately aimed at Conlon, while Phelan maintains it was an accident. The trial continues with conflicting accounts of the incident.

November 11, 2024
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