A 27-year-old Co Armagh man who was to have gone on trial earlier this month for the murder of a father of two, failed in his bid to be released on bail today.
Daniel Martin James Carroll of Edward Street in Portadown, denies murdering 33-year-old Brian Phelan, who died after being stabbed on the Carrivekeeney Road on the outskirts of Newry on July 26, 2018.
Refusing the application before Newry Crown Court, sitting in Belfast, Mr Justice O’Hara said given Mr Carroll’s previous violent record and the charge of murder it would be “quite impossible” to grant bail.
No details surrounding the stabbing were given during the hearing save that while the murder of Mr Phelan was not disputed, Mr Carroll claims he was killed not by him, but by “persons unknown”.