The jury in the trial of a man accused of plotting to steal from a cash-in-transit van have retired for the evening having failed to reach a verdict.
Joseph Warren (30), Belclare Crescent, Ballymun, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to steal cash from Chubb Ireland at the Tesco supermarket on the Shackleton Road in Celbridge on November 2nd, 2007.
It was day 15 of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The jury of seven women and four men had been considering its verdict for just over an hour when Judge Tony Hunt told them to suspend their deliberations for the evening.
One of the jurors has a personal engagement today so the jury will return on Thursday to continue considering its verdict.
Earlier, Deirdre Murphy SC, prosecuting, suggested to the jury in her closing address that Mr Warren played a starring role in the raid and was not a victim of duress, as he claimed, but rather a valuable member of the gang.
Ms Murphy said Mr Warren’s behaviour in the Garda station after his arrest was “cool and cocky”.
“There is no credible evidence that he was under pressure at any time to do the robbery,” Ms Murphy said.
The jury had heard claims by Mr Warren’s defence barrister, Alan Toal, he had been threatened that he would be shot if he did not get involved in the raid.