by Eoin Reynolds Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have both been found guilty of murdering 66-year-old Robert ‘Robin’ Wilkin, whose body was thrown over the cliffs at Sliabh Liag, one of Donegal’s most popular tourist attractions. The jury of seven women and five men at the Central Criminal Court returned their majority, ten to two, […]
Murder accused denies lying to escape responsibility
by Eoin Reynolds A murder accused who has claimed that it was his former lover and co-accused who beat 66-year-old Robert ‘Robin’ Wilkin to death with a rock – and that she helped put his body over Ireland’s tallest cliffs – has denied lying in the hopes of escaping responsibility for what he did. Alan […]
Accused tells trial his co-accused struck deceased
by Eoin Reynolds A man has taken the stand in his own defence to tell his murder trial that he was fighting with a pensioner – whose body was found in the waters beneath Sliabh Liag – when his former lover and co-accused hit the victim on the back of the head with a rock, […]
Deceased was alive when left at Sliabh Liag cliffs, accused told gardai
by Eoin Reynolds A MAN accused of murdering a pensioner whose body was found at the foot of Ireland’s tallest cliffs told gardai that the discovery was ironic, as the deceased “always wanted to be buried at sea”. The accused man Alan Vial (39) also told gardai that 66-year-old Robert ‘Robin’ Wilkin’s body being found […]
Sliabh Liag murder accused each to blame the other
TWO defendants accused of murdering a man whose body was allegedly thrown off the Sliabh Liag cliffs in Donegal each claimed the other “did it”, a barrister has told the Central Criminal Court. Bernard Condon SC opened the trial this morning of Nikita Burns (22) and Alan Vial (39) who deny the murder of Robert […]