{"id":41313,"date":"2025-09-24T20:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/41313\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:29:07","slug":"limerick-man-accused-of-lee-slatterys-2010-murder-to-face-central-criminal-court-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/41313\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick man accused of Lee Slattery\u2019s 2010 murder to face Central Criminal Court trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A MAN who is accused of murdering Lee Slattery more than fifteen years ago, on the outskirts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> city is to face trial before the Central Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Ryan, aged 32, with an address at Cliona Park, Moyross has been charged with the murder of Lee Slattery in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The body of the 24-year-old was found in a shallow grave at Delmege House Estate, Knocklisheen Road, Limerick, on May 31 of that year.<\/p>\n<p>A handgun was found near the scene of the crime and a post-mortem subsequently revealed that he had sustained a number of gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/1900445\/frightening-experience-for-victims-of-thefts-in-limerick-city.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018Frightening experience\u2019 for victims of thefts in Limerick city<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The defendant, who was one of a number of people arrested last week, first appeared in court on Wednesday, September 17.<\/p>\n<p>During a procedural hearing this Tuesday, Inspector Liam Wallace confirmed \u00a0the Director of Public Prosecutions has formally directed that Kurt Ryan is to be tried on indictment before the Central Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p>He told Judge Patricia Harney the book of evidence is currently being prepared and he requested an adjournment of the case to facilitate its completion.<\/p>\n<p>The defendant appeared before the court via video link from Limerick Prison, where he is currently held in custody.<br \/>During the brief hearing solicitor Sarah Ryan, representing Kurt Ryan, agreed to a short adjournment, until October 7.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ryan, who appeared before court unshaven, wearing a grey T-shirt, only spoke to confirm his name and that he could see and hear the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 arrests have been made in connection with the murder to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A MAN who is accused of murdering Lee Slattery more than fifteen years ago, on the outskirts of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,1396,44,7250,18227,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-41313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-limerick","12":"tag-limerick-city","13":"tag-limerick-district-court","14":"tag-moyross","15":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}