The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of attempting to murder his brother-in-law has been sent home for a second night after failing to reach a verdict.
Charlie Darcy (20), Crumlin Park, Crumlin, denies trying to murder Patrick Collins by twice firing a pistol at Mr Collins’s head as he lay in bed with his wife (Mr Darcy’s sister) and their two-week- old baby.
The jury of six men and six women has now deliberated for about four hours without reaching a unanimous verdict.
Mr Justice Paul Carney told the jurors to return to the Central Criminal Court this morning to resume its deliberations when he would accept a majority verdict from them.
The jury heard that a gunman entered the Collins’s home after midnight, put a semi-automatic pistol to Mr Collins’s head and fired it twice.
The weapon jammed, allowing Mr Collins to jump up and run out of his house.