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A young man has denied murdering a homeless man with cerebral palsy who was found killed with 183 stab wounds in a Dublin park two years ago.
Opening the case for the prosecution, Pauline Whalley SC told a Central Criminal Court jury that the prosecution will show that Philip Dunbar (20) stabbed Adam ‘Floater’ Muldoon and then went to a friend’s house where he admitted the stabbing.
Mr. Dunbar, of Glenshane Drive, Tallaght, Dublin 24, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr. Muldoon at Butler Park in Jobstown Park, Tallaght on June 22 or June 23, 2018.
Whalley said Muldoon was 23 years old and living as a homeless person in the Glenshane area of Tallaght before he died. He had a difficult early life, he said, and was supported by the local community who fed him and gave him clothing. He had cerebral palsy and sometimes used a cane or a Zimmer frame.
The court heard that Mr. Muldoon knew the defendant, who was 17 years old at the time, as Mr. Dunbar also lived in Glenshane.
June 22, 2018, the attorney said, it had been a beautiful summer day and several young people had gathered that night in the Glenshane area and were “doing the things that young people do.”
They ordered pizza and some smoked “weed” while others drank.
A dispute later developed, Whalley said, and Muldoon and the defendant entered Butler Park, an area within Jobstown Park.
Fatal injuries
The lawyer said that in the park the defendant stabbed Mr. Muldoon 183 times causing his death. She said a pathologist’s report would show that many of the wounds were superficial, but three major blood vessels in the neck were cut and caused injuries that would have been immediately fatal.
Other wounds, he said, had penetrated the liver and lungs and there were defensive wounds on his hands.
Mr. Muldoon’s body was discovered the next morning by a dog walker and a garda investigation began.
Ms. Whalley said that after the stabbing, the defendant went to a friend’s home where he admitted that he had “stabbed Floater” several times.
The lawyer told the jury that they must be “cold and surgical” when considering their verdict having heard the evidence at the end of the trial.
She said that Mr. Muldoon died in a “really terrible way” but that any sympathy for the deceased or his family should be set aside. She also said they could look at the defendant and think, “She seems so young and innocent, she couldn’t be guilty of this crime.”
However, he told the jury of six men and six women that they must behave like judges and be cool and impartial in their consideration of the facts.
The trial continues in front of Judge Paul McDermott.
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